neigen.
to incline, slant, tilt, bend, lower (move something in some direction by bowing or turning slightly)
Meaning & usage
to incline, slant, tilt, bend, lower (move something in some direction by bowing or turning slightly)
Die Sträucher neigen ihre Zweige.
to incline, slant, lean, bow (intransitive use always requires an adverb of place)
Die Wand neigt sich.
Die Wand neigt (sich) zur Seite.
to be inclined, to tend towards, to have a preference for
Ich neige zu dieser Lösung.
Where this word comes from
From a merger of Middle High German nīgen (intransitive, strong) and neigen (transitive, weak), from Old High German nīgan and neigen, from Proto-Germanic *hnīganą and its causative *hnaigijaną. Cognate with Dutch nijgen and neigen, Old English hnīgan and Old English hnǣgan, Old Norse hnīga and hneiga. Strong forms have been absent from the standard language since the 16th century, but survive in some dialects.
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