biegen
- (class-2, strong, transitive) to bend something (to form something into a curve)
- (class-2, reflexive, strong) to bend; to be bent (to form oneself or be formed into a curve)
- (class-2, intransitive, strong) to turn; to round a corner; to drive into a street; always requires some adverbial of location with it; otherwise use abbiegen
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
biege
Basel-Landschaft
zämmestuuche
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbiːɡən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German biegen, from Old High German biogan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”).
zur Seite neigen
sich verneigen
sich beugen
unterbiegen
bombieren
durchbiegen
sich biegen lassen
geschmeidig werden
sich krümmen
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