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widmen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German widemen, from Old High German widimen (gift, give as a gift), from widimo (gift), from Proto-West Germanic *weþmō (dowry). Synchronically analyzed as a verbal formation from Wittum (dowry).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪtmən/
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Verb

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widmen (weak, third-person singular present widmet, past tense widmete, past participle gewidmet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to dedicate, to devote [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]
  2. (reflexive) to attend [with dative ‘to a task, a guest, etc.’]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “widmen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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