Wiege

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German wige (“cradle”), from Old High German wīga, wiega, referring to movement and therefore likely related to Proto-West Germanic *waggjan (“to cause to move”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːɡə/
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Noun

Wiege f (genitive Wiege, plural Wiegen)

  1. cradle
  2. (figuratively) infancy, origin
  3. rocking blotter, blotting-paper rocker

Declension

Declension of Wiege
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wiege die Wiegen
genitive einer der Wiege der Wiegen
dative einer der Wiege den Wiegen
accusative eine die Wiege die Wiegen

Derived terms

Derived terms

Related terms

  • wiegeln
  • wiegen (“to move (something) from side to side; to sway; to shake; to rock”)

See also

Further reading

  • “Wiege” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Wiege” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Wiege” in Duden online
  • Wiege on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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