wiegen

From Middle Dutch wēgen, from Old Dutch *wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.

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wiegen

1. to rock, to sway

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• wieg

• Berbice Creole Dutch: wigi
• Negerhollands: wieg

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːɡən/, [ˈviː.ɡŋ̍], [ˈʋiː-], [-ɡən]

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• Hyphenation: wie‧gen
• Rhymes: -iːɡn̩

From Middle High German wigen, a north-western variant of wegen, from generalisation of the latter's present singular forms (wige, wiges, wiget). Further from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.

Cognate with Luxembourgish weien, Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega.

The original e-form is preserved in the doublet wägen, which is now chiefly restricted to figurative senses and derivatives (abwägen, erwägen). Moreover, bewegen is partly from the same verb, partly from the causative (Proto-Germanic *wagjaną).

wiegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present wiegt, past tense wog, past participle gewogen, past subjunctive wöge, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to weigh; to be of a certain weight
2. (usually transitive) to weigh; to measure the weight of

   Vom Wiegen wird die Sau nicht fett - The sow does not get fat from being weighed (You don't change a thing by checking it again)

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• abwiegen
• überwiegen

From Middle High German wigen, from wige (“cradle”) (modern Wiege).

wiegen (weak, third-person singular present wiegt, past tense wiegte, past participle gewiegt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to move (something) from side to side; to sway; to shake; to rock

   Das Kind in den Schlaf wiegen ― rock the child to sleep

   Jemanden in Sicherheit wiegen ― feigning security to someone

2. (transitive) to chop (e.g. herbs); to mince

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• “wiegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wiegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “wiegen” in OpenThesaurus.de
• “ein Gewichthaben, feststellen” in Duden online
• “schaukeln, zerkleinern, aufrauen” in Duden online