müßigen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmyːsɪɡən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • from 1996: mü‧ßi‧gen
  • before 1996: müs‧si‧gen

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German müezigen, from Old High German muozīgen, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtīgijan.

Verb

müßigen (weak, third-person singular present müßigt, past tense müßigte, past participle gemüßigt, auxiliary haben) (archaic)

  1. to abstain from, to forgo
    Synonyms: sich enthalten, abstehen von
  2. to motivate, to impel
    Synonyms: bemüßigen, anmüßigen, veranlassen, bewegen, vermögen
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Adjective

müßigen

  1. inflection of müßig:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

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