wiegen

Meaning

1. (class-2, intransitive, strong) to weigh; to be of a certain weight
2. (class-2, strong, transitive, usually) to weigh; to measure the weight of

Concepts

weigh

rock

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cradle

swing

shake

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lull

chop

jolt

scale

rock

🪨

balance

scale

coddle

conjecture

dandle

give birth

infer

row

stir

surmise

sway

undulate

Synonyms

schaukeln

wägen

abwägen

schwingen

abwiegen

schwer sein

schütteln

rütteln

pendeln

einwiegen

oszillieren

auswiegen

lasten

schwanken

rudern

rühren

schätzen

schwenken

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Sorge

vermuten

verwöhnen

wallen

wippen

wogen

wellen

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undulieren

auf die Waage bringen

sich wellenförmig bewegen

ausloten

ausmessen

berechnen

bewegen

drücken

erwägen

gebären

Gram

Kummer

Leid

messen

nicken

rechnen

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Translations

peser

pesar

pesare

wegen

bercer

pesar

wiegen

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ζυγίζω

pesar

cullare

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balancear

mecer

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embalar

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afwegen

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

wääge

Basel-Landschaft

butte

Basel-Landschaft

waagle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈviːɡən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: wigen

Inherited from Old High German: wegan

Cognate with Luxembourgish: weien

Cognate with Dutch: wegen

Cognate with English: weigh

Cognate with Danish: veje

Cognate with Icelandic: vega

In summary

From Middle High German wigen, a north-western variant of wegen, from generalisation of the latter's present singular forms (wige, wiges, wiget). Further from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.
Cognate with Luxembourgish weien, Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega.
The original e-form is preserved in the doublet wägen, which is now chiefly restricted to figurative senses and derivatives (abwägen, erwägen). Moreover, bewegen is partly from the same verb, partly from the causative (Proto-Germanic *wagjaną).