weinen

See also: Weinen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German weinen, from Old High German weinōn (“to cry, lament, cry woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (“woe”). Related with Weh, English woe, which see. Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, to cry”), Old English wānian (“to complain, lament”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯nən/, [ˈvaɪ̯-], [ˈʋaɪ̯-], [-nən], [-nn̩]
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  • Homophone: Weinen

Verb

weinen (weak, third-person singular present weint, past tense weinte, past participle geweint, auxiliary haben)

  1. to weep, cry
    Synonyms: flennen; greinen; heulen; (regional) kreischen; wimmern

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “weinen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “weinen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “weinen” in Duden online
  • “weinen” in OpenThesaurus.de

West Frisian

Noun

weinen

  1. plural of wein
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