wieg

• IPA^(key): /ʋix/

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• Hyphenation: wieg
• Rhymes: -ix

From Middle Dutch wiege, possibly from an affective variant of Proto-West Germanic *wagā (“craddle”), from Proto-Germanic *wagǭ.^[1] Compare the Old High German variants wīga (later Wiege) and waga.

wieg f (plural wiegen, diminutive wiegje n)

1. cradle
2. birthplace

• Afrikaans: wieg
• Jersey Dutch: wîx
• → Papiamentu: wig

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wieg

1. inflection of wiegen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

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wieg

1. singular imperative of wiegen