bewegen
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch bewegen. Equivalent to be- + wegen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbewegen
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive) to move, to be in motion
- Mijn benen bewegen. ― My legs move.
- Slakken bewegen zich maar langzaam. ― Snails move rather slowly.
- (transitive) to move, to cause to be in motion
- Ik kan mijn benen niet bewegen. ― I can't move my legs.
- (transitive) to budge, to motivate, to spur, to induce
- Ik kan hem maar niet bewegen om boodschappen te doen. ― I just can't get him to go to the shops.
Conjugation
editConjugation of bewegen (strong class 4, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | bewegen | |||
past singular | bewoog | |||
past participle | bewogen | |||
infinitive | bewegen | |||
gerund | bewegen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | beweeg | bewoog | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | beweegt, beweeg2 | bewoog | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | beweegt | bewoog | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | beweegt | bewoogt | ||
3rd person singular | beweegt | bewoog | ||
plural | bewegen | bewogen | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bewege | bewoge | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bewegen | bewogen | ||
imperative sing. | beweeg | |||
imperative plur.1 | beweegt | |||
participles | bewegend | bewogen | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editGerman
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *biwegan, derived from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move”),[1] which stems from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare English beweigh.
Verb
editbewegen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewog, past participle bewogen, past subjunctive bewöge, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to motivate; to persuade; to prompt (someone or something to do something); to make (someone or something to do something); to induce; to get (someone or something to do something)
- Synonyms: veranlassen, vermögen, bemüßigen, anmüßigen
Conjugation
editIn the sense “to persuade”, bewegen is a strong verb. In the sense “to move”, it is weak. (See below.)
infinitive | bewegen | ||||
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present participle | bewegend | ||||
past participle | bewogen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bewege | wir bewegen | i | ich bewege | wir bewegen |
du bewegst | ihr bewegt | du bewegest | ihr beweget | ||
er bewegt | sie bewegen | er bewege | sie bewegen | ||
preterite | ich bewog | wir bewogen | ii | ich bewöge1 | wir bewögen1 |
du bewogst | ihr bewogt | du bewögest1 du bewögst1 |
ihr bewöget1 ihr bewögt1 | ||
er bewog | sie bewogen | er bewöge1 | sie bewögen1 | ||
imperative | beweg (du) bewege (du) |
bewegt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biweggen, from Proto-West Germanic *biwaggjan.
Verb
editbewegen (weak, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewegte, past participle bewegt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | bewegen | ||||
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present participle | bewegend | ||||
past participle | bewegt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bewege | wir bewegen | i | ich bewege | wir bewegen |
du bewegst | ihr bewegt | du bewegest | ihr beweget | ||
er bewegt | sie bewegen | er bewege | sie bewegen | ||
preterite | ich bewegte | wir bewegten | ii | ich bewegte1 | wir bewegten1 |
du bewegtest | ihr bewegtet | du bewegtest1 | ihr bewegtet1 | ||
er bewegte | sie bewegten | er bewegte1 | sie bewegten1 | ||
imperative | beweg (du) bewege (du) |
bewegt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
edit- Bewegen
- Beweger
- beweglich
- Bewegung
- dahinbewegen
- durchbewegen
- entlangbewegen
- fortbewegen
- gegenbewegen
- herabbewegen
- heranbewegen
- herausbewegen
- herumbewegen
- herunterbewegen
- hinaufbewegen
- hinausbewegen
- hinbewegen
- hindurchbewegen
- hineinbewegen
- hinunterbewegen
- hinwegbewegen
- hochbewegen
- losbewegen
- mitbewegen
- rausbewegen
- rumbewegen
- runterbewegen
- umherbewegen
- vorbeibewegen
- vorwärtsbewegen
- wegbewegen
- weiterbewegen
- zubewegen
- zurückbewegen
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “bewegen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “bewegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bewegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “weak verb” in Duden online
- “strong verb” in Duden online
- “bewegen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
editAlternative forms
edit- beweeën (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan. The contemporary form with -g- was influenced by German bewegen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbewegen (third-person singular present beweegt, past participle beweegt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to move something
- (reflexive) to move
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵʰ-
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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