bewegen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bewegen. Equivalent to be- +‎ wegen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʋeːɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧we‧gen
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən

Verb

bewegen

  1. (intransitive, sometimes reflexive) to move, to be in motion
    Mijn benen bewegen.
    My legs move.
    Slakken bewegen zich maar langzaam.
    Snails move rather slowly.
  2. (transitive) to move, to cause to be in motion
    Ik kan mijn benen niet bewegen.
    I can't move my legs.
  3. (transitive) to budge, to motivate, to spur, to induce
    Ik kan hem maar niet bewegen om boodschappen te doen.
    I just can't get him to go to the shops.

Inflection

Inflection of bewegen (strong class 4, prefixed)
infinitive bewegen
past singular bewoog
past participle bewogen
infinitive bewegen
gerund bewegen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular beweeg bewoog
2nd person sing. (jij) beweegt bewoog
2nd person sing. (u) beweegt bewoog
2nd person sing. (gij) beweegt bewoogt
3rd person singular beweegt bewoog
plural bewegen bewogen
subjunctive sing.1 bewege bewoge
subjunctive plur.1 bewegen bewogen
imperative sing. beweeg
imperative plur.1 beweegt
participles bewegend bewogen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: beweeg
  • Negerhollands: beweeg
  • Sranan Tongo: buweigi

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German biwegen, from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (to move), which stems from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare English beweigh.

Verb

bewegen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewog, past participle bewogen, past subjunctive bewöge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to motivate; to persuade; to prompt (someone or something to do something); to make (someone or something to do something); to induce; to get (someone or something to do something)
    Synonyms: veranlassen, vermögen, bemüßigen, anmüßigen
Conjugation

In the sense “to persuade”, bewegen is a strong verb. In the sense “to move”, it is weak. (See below.)

Etymology 2

Weakening of the strong verb bewegen. (See above.)

Verb

bewegen (weak, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewegte, past participle bewegt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or reflexive) to move; to stir
  2. (reflexive) to exercise (intransitive)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “bewegen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

  • bewegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bewegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • weak verb” in Duden online
  • strong verb” in Duden online
  • bewegen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan. The contemporary form with -g- was influenced by German bewegen.

Pronunciation

Verb

bewegen (third-person singular present beweegt, past participle beweegt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to move something
  2. (reflexive) to move