meiden
Meaning
- (class-1, strong, transitive) to avoid, to keep away from
- (class-1, strong, transitive) to shun
Concepts
Synonyms
aus dem Wege gehen
ausputzen
aufputzen
sich enthalten
auf Abstand bleiben
aus dem Weg gehen
kühl behandeln
vergessen werden
von sich fernhalten
einen Bogen machen
vor etwas drücken
herumdrücken
nicht stellen
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmaɪ̯dən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German mīden, from Old High German mīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *mīþan. Cognate with Dutch mijden and Old English mīþan (archaic English mithe). The expected past forms in modern German would be *mitt, *gemitten (as still in leiden, schneiden), but the Grammatischer Wechsel was levelled out (perhaps to avoid the similarity with unrelated mit, mitten). To meiden was then adapted scheiden, whose original past participle was gescheiden.
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