wieg

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋix/
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  • Hyphenation: wieg
  • Rhymes: -ix

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wiege, possibly from an affective variant of Proto-West Germanic *wagā (“craddle”), from Proto-Germanic *wagǭ.[1] Compare the Old High German variants wīga (later Wiege) and waga.

Noun

wieg f (plural wiegen, diminutive wiegje n)

  1. cradle
  2. birthplace
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: wieg
  • Jersey Dutch: wîx
  • → Papiamentu: wig

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “wieg”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wieg

  1. inflection of wiegen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

German

Pronunciation

Verb

wieg

  1. singular imperative of wiegen
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