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wegen.

to weigh (to determine the weight or be of a specified weight)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʋeːɣə(n)/
  1. to weigh (to determine the weight or be of a specified weight)

    transitive
    Hoeveel weeg je?
    Het schip was gebouwd voor een bemanning van 435 personen en woog 1200 ton.
  2. to weight (to calibrate, to assign weight to individual statistics)

    transitive
  3. to weigh (to evaluate, to assign value or relative importance to)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wēgen, from Old Dutch *wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti.

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