weichen

Meaning

Verb

1. (class-1,intransitive,strong) to move farther away, to make room, to yield
2. (class-1,formal,intransitive,strong) to wane, to decrease

Adj

1. (form-of,genitive,masculine,neuter,singular,strong) inflection of weich:
2. (dative,form-of,genitive,mixed,singular,weak) inflection of weich:
3. (accusative,form-of,masculine,mixed,singular,strong,weak) inflection of weich:
4. (dative,form-of,plural,strong) inflection of weich:
5. (form-of,mixed,plural,weak) inflection of weich:

Concepts

give way

yield

cede

accommodate

assign

grant

resign

back up

delay

fall back

go backward

recede

regress

retrogress

step back

smooth

soak

abandon

desert

forgo

forsake

give up

leave

let oneself go

open up

quit

renounce

abdicate

deposition

drop

submit

adjourn

defer

postpone

procrastinate

put off

shelve

walk back

go away

flinch

pull back

push back

recoil

resist

set back

points

cringe

shrink

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvaɪ̯çn̩/

Etymology

From Middle High German wīchen, from Old High German wīchan, from Proto-West Germanic *wīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, curve; to divide”).

Sentences

Wir dürfen nicht weichen .

We have to stand our ground.