Weg
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wec, from Old High German weg, from Proto-West Germanic *weg. Cognate with Dutch weg, English way.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /veːk/ (standard)
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /veːç/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Weg m (strong, genitive Weges or Wegs, plural Wege, diminutive Wegchen n or Weglein n)
- path, trail, track (usually for foot traffic)
- Der Wald kann gefährlich sein, also bleib auf dem Weg.
- The forest can be dangerous, so stay on the path.
- route, way (to get from one place to another)
- Kennst du den Weg nach Schönebeck?
- Do you know the way to Schönebeck?
- auf dem Weg ― on the way
- method, way (of doing something)
- Wir haben einen Weg gefunden, Milch aus Hafer zu erhalten.
- We found a way to extract milk from oats.
- Mittel und Wege ― ways and means
- (with preposition) someone's planned course or path, the space needed for movement
- in den Weg ― in the way
- aus dem Weg ― out of the way
Declension
[edit]Declension of Weg [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]- Arbeitsweg
- Atemweg
- Ausweg
- Dienstweg
- Fahrradweg
- Fahrweg
- Feldweg
- Fluchtweg
- Fußweg
- Gehweg
- Hauptweg
- Heimweg
- jemandem über den Weg laufen
- Kreuzweg
- Kuhweg
- Landweg
- Lebensweg
- Luftweg
- Mittelweg
- Nachhauseweg
- Nebenweg
- Radschnellweg
- Radweg
- Rettungsweg
- Rückweg
- Sandweg
- Scheideweg
- Seitenweg
- sich auf den Weg machen
- Steinweg
- Strandweg
- Talweg
- unterwegs
- Verkehrsweg
- Viehweg
- Waldweg
- Wanderweg
- Wasserweg
- Wegegeld
- Wegerecht
- Wegesrand
- Wegscheide
- Wegweiser
- Wegzehrung
- Wegzeiger
- Wiesenweg
- Zugangsweg
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Weg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Weg” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Weg” in Duden online
Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German wech, from Old Saxon weg, from Proto-West Germanic *weg. Cognate with West Frisian wei, English way.
Noun
[edit]Weg m (plural Weeg)
Synonyms
[edit]Pennsylvania German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wec, from Old High German weg, from Proto-West Germanic *weg. Cognate with German Weg, English way.
Noun
[edit]Weg m (plural Wege)
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