wägen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German wegen, from Old High German wegan.[1] Compare Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Swedish väga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛːɡən/, /vɛːɡn̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
Audio (file) Audio (file) - IPA(key): /veːɡən/, /veːɡn̩/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: wä‧gen
Verb
wägen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present wägt, past tense wog, past participle gewogen, past subjunctive wöge, auxiliary haben)
- to weigh something
Conjugation
Conjugation of wägen (class 4 strong, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | wägen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | wägend | ||||
| past participle | gewogen | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich wäge | wir wägen | i | ich wäge | wir wägen |
| du wägst | ihr wägt | du wägest | ihr wäget | ||
| er wägt | sie wägen | er wäge | sie wägen | ||
| preterite | ich wog | wir wogen | ii | ich wöge1 | wir wögen1 |
| du wogst | ihr wogt | du wögest1 du wögst1 |
ihr wöget1 ihr wögt1 | ||
| er wog | sie wogen | er wöge1 | sie wögen1 | ||
| imperative | wäg (du) wäge (du) |
wägt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of wägen (class 4 strong, auxiliary haben)
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “wägen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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