neigen.
to tend, incline (to show a tendency)
Meaning & usage
to tend, incline (to show a tendency)
Ik neig ernaar ja te zeggen.
to bend down, bow, direct downwards
Allen neigden hun hoofd in eerbied.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch neigen, from Old Dutch neigen, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnaigijaną, the causative of nijgen. The weak verb adopted most intransitive uses from strong nijgen in modern Dutch, the latter being restricted to “bowing as a sign of respect”. Compare however genegen (“inclined to”).
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