gewinnen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch giwinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *gawinnan, from Proto-Germanic *gawinnaną.

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• Hyphenation: ge‧win‧nen
• Rhymes: -ɪnən

gewinnen (archaic)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to acquire
   1. to acquire as the result of a struggle or contest
   2. to beget

      Abraham gewon Isaac.

      Abraham begat Isaac.

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From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), winnen, from Old High German winnan, giwinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).

Cognate with Dutch winnen, Low German winnen, Old English ġewinnan, winnan (whence English win), Norwegian vinne, Swedish vinna.

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈvɪnən/, [ɡəˈvɪ-], [ɡəˈʋɪ-], [-nən], [-nn̩]

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gewinnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present gewinnt, past tense gewann, past participle gewonnen, past subjunctive gewänne or gewönne, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to win; to be victorious

   Synonyms: Gewinner sein, siegen, Sieger sein/bleiben, siegreich sein/bleiben

   Antonym: verlieren

2. (transitive) to win something; to gain

   Antonym: verlieren

3. (transitive) to win over; to persuade

   Synonyms: überzeugen, auf seine Seite ziehen

   Antonym: verlieren

4. (transitive) to win or extract a resource

   Synonyms: abbauen, fördern

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• (gain): einnehmen; erlangen; erreichen; für sich beanspruchen (können); in Beschlag nehmen

• Gewinnen, Gewinner, Gewinnung, Gewinn
• gewinnend, gewonnen

• wiedergewinnen, rückgewinnen, zurückgewinnen

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

From Middle High German gewenen, from Old High German giwennen, winnan, giwinnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną. Cognate with German gewöhnen, Dutch gewennen.

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈvinen/, [ɡəˈvinən]

gewinnen (third-person singular present gewinnt, past participle gewinnt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive, with preposition un) to get used to, to become accustomed to

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From Old Dutch giwinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *gawinnan, from Proto-Germanic *gawinnaną. Equivalent to ge- +‎ winnen.

gewinnen

1. to win, obtain, acquire

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• “ghewinnen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gewinnen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN