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weichen

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See also: Weichen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯çn̩/, /ˈvaɪ̯çən/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Etymology 1

    From Middle High German wīchen, from Old High German wīchan, from Proto-West Germanic *wīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (to bend, curve; to divide).

    Verb

    weichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present weicht, past tense wich, past participle gewichen, auxiliary sein)

    1. (intransitive) to move farther away, to make room, to yield [with dative or vor]
    2. (intransitive, formal) to wane, to decrease
    Conjugation
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      From Middle High German weichen, from Old High German weihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *waikwijan. By surface analysis, weich (adjective) + -en.

      Verb

      weichen (weak, third-person singular present weicht, past tense weichte, past participle geweicht, auxiliary haben or sein)

      1. (transitive) to soften, to make more flexible or yielding [auxiliary haben]
      2. (intransitive) to soften [auxiliary sein]
      Usage notes
      • The simplex is rare. The compounds below are much more common.
      Conjugation
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Adjective

      weichen

      1. inflection of weich:
        1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
        2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
        3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
        4. strong dative plural
        5. weak/mixed all-case plural

      Further reading

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