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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
wogen
- inflection of wegen:
- plural past indicative
- (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
wogen (weak, third-person singular present wogt, past tense wogte, past participle gewogt, auxiliary haben)
- (formal) to undulate, to move in a wavelike manner
1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Es wogten die Fluten, / Sie wogten und brausten, / Die Sonne goß eilig herunter- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
wogen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Etymology 2
Verb
wogen
- first/third-person plural preterite of wiegen
Further reading
- “wogen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wogen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “wogen” in Duden online
- “wogen” in OpenThesaurus.de