weichen

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯çn̩/, /ˈvaɪ̯çən/
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Etymology 1

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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

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weichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present weicht, past tense wich, past participle gewichen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to move farther away, to make room, to yield [with dative or vor]
  2. (intransitive, formal) to wane, to decrease
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German weichen, from Old High German weihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *waikwijan. By surface analysis, weich (adjective) +‎ -en.

Verb

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weichen (weak, third-person singular present weicht, past tense weichte, past participle geweicht, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to soften, to make more flexible or yielding [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive) to soften [auxiliary sein]
Usage notes
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  • The simplex is rare. The compounds below are much more common.
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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weichen

  1. inflection of weich:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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