zeugen

See also: Zeugen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzøːɣə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -øːɣən

Noun

zeugen

  1. plural of zeug

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ziugen, geziugen, from Old High German giziugon, from ziug, ultimately from the root of ziehen (to move, pull, migrate).

Equivalent to Zeug + -en.[1] Cognate with Vilamovian cajgia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡən/, [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡn̩], [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡŋ̍], [ˈt͡sɔʏ̯ɡən]
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  • Hyphenation: zeu‧gen

Verb

zeugen (weak, third-person singular present zeugt, past tense zeugte, past participle gezeugt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to beget, father, procreate
  2. to testify, bear witness, declare

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Steffi de Jong (2018) chapter 1, in The Witness as Object: Video Testimony in Memorial Museums (Museums and Collections; 10), Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 34:The German word for witness, 'Zeuge', goes back to the Old High German 'giziugon' and the Middle High German 'ziugen', meaning 'producing through technical activity'.

Further reading

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