weichen
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German wīchen, from Old High German wīchan, from Proto-West Germanic *wīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, curve; to divide”).
Verb
[edit]weichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present weicht, past tense wich, past participle gewichen, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to move farther away, to make room, to yield [with dative or vor]
- (intransitive, formal) to wane, to decrease
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | weichen | ||||
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present participle | weichend | ||||
past participle | gewichen | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich weiche | wir weichen | i | ich weiche | wir weichen |
du weichst | ihr weicht | du weichest | ihr weichet | ||
er weicht | sie weichen | er weiche | sie weichen | ||
preterite | ich wich | wir wichen | ii | ich wiche1 | wir wichen1 |
du wichst | ihr wicht | du wichest1 du wichst1 |
ihr wichet1 ihr wicht1 | ||
er wich | sie wichen | er wiche1 | sie wichen1 | ||
imperative | weich (du) weiche (du) |
weicht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German weichen, from Old High German weihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *waikwijan. By surface analysis, weich (adjective) + -en.
Verb
[edit]weichen (weak, third-person singular present weicht, past tense weichte, past participle geweicht, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (transitive) to soften, to make more flexible or yielding [auxiliary haben]
- (intransitive) to soften [auxiliary sein]
Usage notes
[edit]- The simplex is rare. The compounds below are much more common.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | weichen | ||||
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present participle | weichend | ||||
past participle | geweicht | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich weiche | wir weichen | i | ich weiche | wir weichen |
du weichst | ihr weicht | du weichest | ihr weichet | ||
er weicht | sie weichen | er weiche | sie weichen | ||
preterite | ich weichte | wir weichten | ii | ich weichte1 | wir weichten1 |
du weichtest | ihr weichtet | du weichtest1 | ihr weichtet1 | ||
er weichte | sie weichten | er weichte1 | sie weichten1 | ||
imperative | weich (du) weiche (du) |
weicht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]weichen
- inflection of weich:
Further reading
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