bewegen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Equivalent to be- +‎ wegen.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈʋeːɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧we‧gen
• Rhymes: -eːɣən

bewegen

1. (intransitive, sometimes reflexive) to move, to be in motion

   Mijn benen bewegen.

   My legs move.

   Slakken bewegen zich maar langzaam.

   Snails move rather slowly.

2. (transitive) to move, to cause to be in motion

   Ik kan mijn benen niet bewegen.

   I can't move my legs.

3. (transitive) to budge, to motivate, to spur, to induce

   Ik kan hem maar niet bewegen om boodschappen te doen.

   I just can't get him to go to the shops.

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• beweegbaar
• beweeglijk
• beweegreden
• beweging

• Afrikaans: beweeg
• Negerhollands: beweeg
• → Sranan Tongo: buweigi

• IPA^(key): /bəˈveːɡən/

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• Hyphenation: be‧we‧gen

From Middle High German biwegen, from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move”)[1], which stems from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare English beweigh.

bewegen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewog, past participle bewogen, past subjunctive bewöge, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to motivate; to persuade; to prompt (someone or something to do something); to make (someone or something to do something); to induce; to get (someone or something to do something)

   Synonyms: veranlassen, vermögen, bemüßigen, anmüßigen

In the sense “to persuade”, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) is a strong verb. In the sense “to move”, it is weak. (See below.) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Weakening of the strong verb Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). (See above.)

bewegen (weak, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewegte, past participle bewegt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to move; to stir
2. (reflexive) to exercise (intransitive)

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• “bewegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bewegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “weak verb” in Duden online
• “strong verb” in Duden online
• “bewegen” in OpenThesaurus.de

• beweeën (obsolete)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan. The contemporary form with -g- was influenced by Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /beˈveːʁen/, [bəˈveːʑən]

bewegen (third-person singular present beweegt, past participle beweegt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to move something
2. (reflexive) to move