euretwegen

German

Alternative forms

• euertwegen
• eurentwegen, euerentwegen, euerntwegen (all archaic)

Etymology

Shortened from von euretwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von eurentwegen / von eurent wegen, from von euren wegen, from Middle High German von iuwern wegen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and iuwern was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural.

Another route can be traced from von euertwegen / von euert wegen, from von euer wegen, from Middle High German von iuwer wegen, in which iuwer was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔʏ̯ʁətˌveːɡən/, /ˌɔʏ̯ʁətˈveːɡən/

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Adverb

euretwegen

1. because of you (2nd person plural), for your sake

   Synonym: (colloquial) wegen euch

   Das ist alles euretwegen passiert.

   All of this happened because of you.

2. as far as you (2nd person plural) are concerned (you don't mind if); for all you care

   Euretwegen kann ich mitkommen?

   As far as you are concerned, I can come with you?

Further reading

• “euretwegen” in Duden online
• “euretwegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “euretwegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.