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German
Etymology
Shortened from von meinetwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von meinentwegen / von meinent wegen, from von meinen wegen, from Middle High German von mînen wegen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and mînen was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural.
Another route can be traced from von meintwegen / von meint wegen, from Middle High German von mînt wegen, from von mîn wegen, in which mîn was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯nətˌveːɡən/, /ˌmaɪ̯nətˈveːɡən/
Adverb
meinetwegen
- because of me, for my sake
- Synonyms: (colloquial) wegen mir, (dated) meinethalben, (dated) wegen meiner
Das ist alles meinetwegen passiert.- All of this happened because of me.
- (informal) as far as I'm concerned (I don't mind if); for all I care
- Synonyms: von mir aus, ruhig
Meinetwegen können Sie mitkommen.- As far as I am concerned, you can come with us.
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