nigen

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *nīgan

Pronunciation

Verb

nigen

  1. to bow

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive nigen
3rd sg. past nêech
3rd pl. past nēgen
Past participle genēgen
Infinitive nigen
In genitive nigens
In dative nigene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular nige nêech
2nd singular nijchs, niges nēechs, nēges
3rd singular nijcht, niget nêech
1st plural nigen nēgen
2nd plural nijcht, niget nēecht, nēget
3rd plural nigen nēgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular nige nēge
2nd singular nijchs, niges nēges
3rd singular nige nēge
1st plural nigen nēgen
2nd plural nijcht, niget nēget
3rd plural nigen nēgen
Imperative Present
Singular nijch, nige
Plural nijcht, niget
Present Past
Participle nigende genēgen

Descendants

  • Dutch: nijgen
  • Limburgish: niege

Further reading

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German nīgan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnīgan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈniːɡən/

Verb

nīgen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present nīget, past tense neic, past participle genigen, past subjunctive nige, auxiliary hān)

  1. (intransitive) to bow

Conjugation

Conjugation of nīgen (class 1 strong, auxiliary hān)
infinitive nīgen
genitive gerund nīgennes
nīgenes
dative gerund nīgenne
nīgene
present participle nīgende
past participle genigen
auxiliary hān
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich nīge wir nīgen i ich nīge wir nīgen
du nīgest ir nīget du nīgest ir nīget
ër nīget sie nīgent ër nīge sie nīgen
preterite ich neic wir nicen ii ich nice wir nicen
du nice ir nicet du nicest ir nicet
ër neic sie nicen ër nice sie nicen
imperative nīc (du) nīget (ir)
Composed forms of nīgen (class 1 strong, auxiliary hān)
perfect
singular plural singular plural
indicative ich hān genigen wir hān genigen subjunctive ich habe genigen wir haben genigen
du hāst genigen ir hāt genigen du habest genigen ir habet genigen
ër hāt genigen sie hānt genigen ër habe genigen sie haben genigen
pluperfect
indicative ich habete genigen wir habeten genigen subjunctive ich habete genigen wir habeten genigen
du habetest genigen ir habetet genigen du habetest genigen ir habetet genigen
ër habete genigen sie habeten genigen ër habete genigen sie habeten genigen
future i
infinitive nīgen süln subjunctive i ich sul nīgen wir suln nīgen
du sule nīgen ir sulet nīgen
ër sul nīgen sie suln nīgen
indicative ich sol nīgen wir sulen nīgen subjunctive ii ich sölte nīgen
ich sölde nīgen 		wir sölten nīgen
wir sölden nīgen
du solt nīgen ir sulet nīgen du söltest nīgen
du söldest nīgen 		ir söltet nīgen
ir söldet nīgen
ër sol nīgen sie sulen nīgen ër sölte nīgen
ër sölde nīgen 		sie sölten nīgen
sie sölden nīgen
future ii
infinitive genigen hān süln subjunctive i ich sul genigen hān wir suln genigen hān
du sule genigen hān ir sulet genigen hān
ër sul genigen hān sie suln genigen hān
indicative ich sol genigen hān wir sulen genigen hān subjunctive ii ich sölte genigen hān
ich sölde genigen hān 		wir sölten genigen hān
wir sölden genigen hān
du solt genigen hān ir sulet genigen hān du söltest genigen hān
du söldest genigen hān 		ir söltet genigen hān
ir söldet genigen hān
ër sol genigen hān sie sulen genigen hān ër sölte genigen hān
ër sölde genigen hān 		sie sölten genigen hān
sie sölden genigen hān

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “nigen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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