beigen

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German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Beige (a stack, pile).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯ɡn̩/
  • Hyphenation: bei‧gen

Verb[edit]

beigen (weak, third-person singular present beigt, past tense beigte, past participle gebeigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, Southern Germany, Switzerland) to stack, pile up
    Ich habe den Nachmittag damit verbracht, Brennholz zu beigen.
    I spent the afternoon stacking firewood.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɛːʒn̩/
  • Hyphenation: bei‧gen

Adjective[edit]

beigen

  1. inflection of beige:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural