wehen
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See also: Wehen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wæjen, from Old High German wāen, from Proto-West Germanic *wāan, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, a form of *h₂weh₁-. Compare Dutch waaien.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]wehen (weak, third-person singular present weht, past tense wehte, past participle geweht, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to blow (wind, a storm, etc.)
- Der Wind weht heute Morgen kalt und böig.
- The wind is blowing cold and gusty this morning.
- (intransitive) to flutter, to wave (in the wind); to fly (of a flag)
- Die Nationalflagge wehte über der Einweihung des Präsidenten.
- The national flag flew over the President's inauguration.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wehen | ||||
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present participle | wehend | ||||
past participle | geweht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wehe | wir wehen | i | ich wehe | wir wehen |
du wehst | ihr weht | du wehest | ihr wehet | ||
er weht | sie wehen | er wehe | sie wehen | ||
preterite | ich wehte | wir wehten | ii | ich wehte1 | wir wehten1 |
du wehtest | ihr wehtet | du wehtest1 | ihr wehtet1 | ||
er wehte | sie wehten | er wehte1 | sie wehten1 | ||
imperative | weh (du) wehe (du) |
weht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “wehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “wehen” in Duden online
- “wehen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “wehen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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- German terms derived from Old High German
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