widmen

Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to dedicate, to devote
  2. (reflexive, weak) to attend

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɪtmən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German widemen, from Old High German widimen (“gift, give as a gift”), from widimo (“gift”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþmō (“dowry”). Synchronically analyzed as a verbal formation from Wittum (“dowry”).

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