weben
German
eine webende Frau — a weaving woman
Etymology
From Middle High German weben, from Old High German weban, from Proto-West Germanic *weban. Compare Dutch weven, English weave, Danish væve.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveːbən/, [ˈveː.bm̩]
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Verb
weben (weak or class 4 strong, third-person singular present webt, past tense webte or wob, past participle gewebt or gewoben, past subjunctive webte or wöbe, auxiliary haben)
- to weave
- to intertwine (to twine together)
Usage notes
- Both weak and strong forms are standard. For the sense “to weave”, the weak forms have been preferred, but at least the past participle gewoben is also common.
Conjugation
| infinitive | weben | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | webend | ||||
| past participle | gewebt gewoben | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich webe | wir weben | i | ich webe | wir weben |
| du webst | ihr webt | du webest | ihr webet | ||
| er webt | sie weben | er webe | sie weben | ||
| preterite | ich webte ich wob |
wir webten wir woben |
ii | ich webte1 ich wöbe1 |
wir webten1 wir wöben1 |
| du webtest du wobst |
ihr webtet ihr wobt |
du webtest1 du wöbest1 du wöbst1 |
ihr webtet1 ihr wöbet1 ihr wöbt1 | ||
| er webte er wob |
sie webten sie woben |
er webte1 er wöbe1 |
sie webten1 sie wöben1 | ||
| imperative | web (du) webe (du) |
webt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛbɛn]
- Hyphenation: we‧ben
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