weihen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wīhen, from Old High German wīhen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan (“to hallow”), from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną (“to hallow”). Cognate with Dutch wijden.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯ən/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: wei‧hen

Verb

weihen (weak, third-person singular present weiht, past tense weihte, past participle geweiht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dedicate to a cause or purpose
  2. to consecrate
  3. to ordain, to invest someone in a religious office

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  1. https://www.dwds.de/wb/weihen#et-1

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