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swigen

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *swīgon, from Proto-West Germanic *swīgēn.

Pronunciation

Verb

swigen

  1. not to speak, to be silent

Inflection

More information infinitive, base form ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: zwijgen
    • Afrikaans: swyg
  • Limburgish: zwiege

Further reading

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Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German swīgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swīgēn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠wiːɡən/

Verb

swīgen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present swīget, past tense sweic, past participle geswigen or geswîn, past subjunctive swige, auxiliary hān)
swīgen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present swīget, past tense swīgete, past participle geswīget, auxiliary hān)

  1. not to speak, to be silent

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “swigen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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