weben
German
eine webende Frau — a weaving woman
Etymology
From Middle High German weben, from Old High German weban, from Proto-West Germanic *weban. Compare Dutch weven, English weave, Danish væve.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveːbən/, [ˈveː.bm̩]
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Verb
weben (weak or class 4 strong, third-person singular present webt, past tense webte or wob, past participle gewebt or gewoben, past subjunctive webte or wöbe, auxiliary haben)
- to weave
- to intertwine (to twine together)
Usage notes
- Both weak and strong forms are standard. For the sense “to weave”, the weak forms have been preferred, but at least the past participle gewoben is also common.
Conjugation
Conjugation of weben (weak or class 4 strong, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | weben | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | webend | ||||
| past participle | gewebt gewoben | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich webe | wir weben | i | ich webe | wir weben |
| du webst | ihr webt | du webest | ihr webet | ||
| er webt | sie weben | er webe | sie weben | ||
| preterite | ich webte ich wob |
wir webten wir woben |
ii | ich webte1 ich wöbe1 |
wir webten1 wir wöben1 |
| du webtest du wobst |
ihr webtet ihr wobt |
du webtest1 du wöbest1 du wöbst1 |
ihr webtet1 ihr wöbet1 ihr wöbt1 | ||
| er webte er wob |
sie webten sie woben |
er webte1 er wöbe1 |
sie webten1 sie wöben1 | ||
| imperative | web (du) webe (du) |
webt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of weben (weak or class 4 strong, auxiliary haben)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛbɛn]
- Hyphenation: we‧ben
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