zweigen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German zwîgen, from Old High German zwîgen. By surface analysis, Zweig + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]zweigen (weak, third-person singular present zweigt, past tense zweigte, past participle gezweigt, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic, transitive) to graft, engraft, to branch off (insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc.)
- (archaic, intransitive) to bud out, to leaf out
- Synonym: austreiben
- (archaic, intransitive, reflexive) to branch out
- Synonym: verzweigen
- (archaic, poetic, reflexive) to fork, to bifurcate
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zweigen | ||||
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present participle | zweigend | ||||
past participle | gezweigt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zweige | wir zweigen | i | ich zweige | wir zweigen |
du zweigst | ihr zweigt | du zweigest | ihr zweiget | ||
er zweigt | sie zweigen | er zweige | sie zweigen | ||
preterite | ich zweigte | wir zweigten | ii | ich zweigte1 | wir zweigten1 |
du zweigtest | ihr zweigtet | du zweigtest1 | ihr zweigtet1 | ||
er zweigte | sie zweigten | er zweigte1 | sie zweigten1 | ||
imperative | zweig (du) zweige (du) |
zweigt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “zweigen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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