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German
Etymology
Shortened from von seinetwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von seinentwegen / von seinent wegen, from von seinen wegen, from Middle High German von sînen wegen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and sînen was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural.
Another route can be traced from von seintwegen / von seint wegen, from Middle High German von sînt wegen, from von sîn wegen, in which sîn was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nətˌveːɡən/, /ˌzaɪ̯nətˈveːɡən/
Adverb
seinetwegen
- because of him, for his sake
- Synonym: (colloquial) wegen ihm
Das ist alles seinetwegen passiert.- All of this happened because of him.
- as far as he is concerned (he doesn't mind if); for all he cares
Seinetwegen kannst du mitkommen.- As far as he is concerned, you can come with us.
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