weinen
See also: Weinen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German weinen, from Old High German weinōn (“to cry, lament, cry woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (“woe”). Related with Weh, English woe, which see. Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, to cry”), Old English wānian (“to complain, lament”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯nən/, [ˈvaɪ̯-], [ˈʋaɪ̯-], [-nən], [-nn̩]
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Verb
weinen (weak, third-person singular present weint, past tense weinte, past participle geweint, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | weinen | ||||
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present participle | weinend | ||||
past participle | geweint | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich weine | wir weinen | i | ich weine | wir weinen |
du weinst | ihr weint | du weinest | ihr weinet | ||
er weint | sie weinen | er weine | sie weinen | ||
preterite | ich weinte | wir weinten | ii | ich weinte1 | wir weinten1 |
du weintest | ihr weintet | du weintest1 | ihr weintet1 | ||
er weinte | sie weinten | er weinte1 | sie weinten1 | ||
imperative | wein (du) weine (du) |
weint (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Weinen
- Weiner
- Weinerei
- weinerig
- weinerlich
- beweinen
- Geweine
- zum Weinen bringen
West Frisian
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