weien

• IPA^(key): /ˈvai̯en/, [ˈvɑɪ̯.ən]
• Rhymes: -ɑɪən

From Middle High German wigen, north-western variant of wegen with generalisation of the -i- of the present singular forms, from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan.

Cognate with German wiegen, Dutch wegen, English weigh, Danish veje, Icelandic vega. The Luxembourgish verb developed regularly as wigen > *wīen > weien. As still in leien, the original conjugation must have been weien, *wäit, *geweeën; but the forms were adapted by analogy with such verbs as dreiwen, dreift, gedriwwen.

weien (third-person singular present weit, past participle gewien, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to weigh, to measure the weight of
2. (intransitive) to weigh, to have a certain weight

• iwwerweien
• noweien
• ofweien
• opweien

• Gewiicht

From Middle High German and Old High German wīhen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan. Cognate with German weihen, Swedish viga, Icelandic vígja.

weien (third-person singular present weit, past participle geweit, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive, Christianity) to consecrate, to hallow

• aweien

• Wei