weibeln
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German weibeln, frequentative of weiben (“to move to and fro”),[1] from Old High German weibōn, from a variant of Proto-West Germanic *waibijan (whence Dutch wuiven, English weave). The sense “to campaign” was influenced by the word Weibel (“kind of Swiss civil servant, usher”), itself derived from the above verb.
Verb
[edit]weibeln (weak, third-person singular present weibelt, past tense weibelte, past participle geweibelt, auxiliary haben)
- (Switzerland, often politics) to campaign, champion
- Synonyms: werben, sich einsetzen, engagieren, Klinken putzen
- für eine Sache weibeln ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (obsolete) to move to and fro, to wave, waggle, teeter
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | weibeln | ||||
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present participle | weibelnd | ||||
past participle | geweibelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich weible ich weibele ich weibel |
wir weibeln | i | ich weibele ich weible |
wir weibeln |
du weibelst | ihr weibelt | du weibelest du weiblest |
ihr weibelet ihr weiblet | ||
er weibelt | sie weibeln | er weibele er weible |
sie weibeln | ||
preterite | ich weibelte | wir weibelten | ii | ich weibelte1 | wir weibelten1 |
du weibeltest | ihr weibeltet | du weibeltest1 | ihr weibeltet1 | ||
er weibelte | sie weibelten | er weibelte1 | sie weibelten1 | ||
imperative | weible (du) weibel (du) weibele (du) |
weibelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “weibeln” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Further reading
[edit]- “weibeln” in Duden online
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