bewegen

From Middle Dutch bewegen. Equivalent to be- +‎ wegen.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈʋeːɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧we‧gen
• Rhymes: -eːɣən

bewegen

1. (intransitive, sometimes reflexive) to move, to be in motion

   Mijn benen bewegen. ― My legs move.

   Slakken bewegen zich maar langzaam. ― Snails move rather slowly.

2. (transitive) to move, to cause to be in motion

   Ik kan mijn benen niet bewegen. ― I can't move my legs.

3. (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.

• Afrikaans: beweeg
• Negerhollands: beweeg
• → Sranan Tongo: buweigi

• IPA^(key): /bəˈveːɡən/

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• Hyphenation: be‧we‧gen

From 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.

bewegen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewog, past participle bewogen, past subjunctive bewöge, auxiliary haben)

1. (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

In the sense “to persuade”, bewegen is a strong verb. In the sense “to move”, it is weak. (See below.)

• Bewegen
• Beweggrund

From Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biweggen, from Proto-West Germanic *biwaggjan.

bewegen (weak, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewegte, past participle bewegt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to move; to stir
2. (reflexive) to exercise (intransitive)

• “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

• beweeën (obsolete)

From Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan. The contemporary form with -g- was influenced by German bewegen.

• IPA^(key): /beˈveːʁen/, [bəˈveːʑən]

bewegen (third-person singular present beweegt, past participle beweegt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to move something
2. (reflexive) to move