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zweigen
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German zwîgen, from Old High German zwîgen. By surface analysis, Zweig + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
zweigen (weak, third-person singular present zweigt, past tense zweigte, past participle gezweigt, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic, transitive) to graft, engraft, to branch off (insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc.)
- (archaic, intransitive) to bud out, to leaf out
- Synonym: austreiben
- (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) to branch out
- Synonym: verzweigen
- (archaic, poetic, reflexive) to fork, to bifurcate
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zweigen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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