weg

From Dutch weg, from Middle Dutch wech, from Old Dutch weh, weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /vɛχ/

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weg (plural weë)

1. way; path

• duikweg

weg

1. away

From Middle Dutch wech, from Old Dutch weh, weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛx/

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• Hyphenation: weg
• Rhymes: -ɛx

weg m (plural wegen, diminutive wegje n or weggetje n)

1. way, road
2. manner, way (figuratively)

   Waar een wil is, is een weg.

   Where there's a will, there's a way.

• Afrikaans: weg

weg

1. away
2. gone, disappeared

   Synonym: (slang) loesoe

3. (slang) hammered

   Hij was echt weg toen.

   He was really schnockered.

• Afrikaans: weg
• Jersey Dutch: wääx

Shortened from Middle High German enwec, from Old High German in weg, corresponding to modern in +‎ Weg. The first syllable is still seen in dialectal forms with e-, cf. Luxembourgish ewech. Cognate with Dutch weg, Hunsrik wech, English away.

• IPA^(key): /vɛk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /vɛç/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)

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weg

1. away

   Geh weg! ― Go away!

2. gone, not there

   Meine Tasche ist weg. ― My bag is gone.

   Das Rezept ist mit Knoblauch, aber du kannst ihn auch weglassen.

   The recipe is with garlic, but you can also do it without.

   (literally, “... you can also leave it away.”)

3. (now rare) minus
   • 2007, Michael Gaidoschik, Rechenschwäche verstehen - Kinder gezielt fördern: Ein Leitfaden für die Unterrichtspraxis:

     [...] 3+5 „drei und fünf“ oder „drei plus fünf“ [...] „8-5“ als „acht weg fünf“ oder „acht weniger fünf“ oder „acht minus fünf“ [...]

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   • 2008, Matthias E. Jacob, Der erotische Bücherwurm: Dreizehn Geschichten aller Art, 2nd edition:

     Mathematik war das noch nicht; man sagte „und“ und „weg“ und „mal“ und „durch“. Eigentlich sollte man diese Sprachregelung wieder einführen, denn es sagt sich viel leichter „1 weg minus 2 ist 3“ als „1 minus minus 2 ist 3“.

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4. (regional, Westphalia) from

   Wo bist du denn weg?

   And you, where do you come from?

5. (informal) unconscious; passed out
6. (informal) hammered; so drunk as being close to unconsciousness

• (away; gone): fort
• (from): her
• (hammered): breit, zu

• weg-

weg

1. brook; stream; pond

From Old Frisian wike. Cognates include West Frisian wike.

weg m (plural wegen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) week

• iansis a weg

once a week

• iarst uun a weg, began faan a weg

beginning/start of the week

• maden uun a weg, maden faan a weg

middle of the week

• letst uun a weg, aanj faan a weg

middle of the week

From Proto-West Germanic *weg.

weg m

1. way, path

• weh

• Middle Dutch: wech
  • Dutch: weg
    • Afrikaans: weg
  • Limburgish: waeg

• “weg”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.

Cognates include Old Frisian wei, Old Saxon weg, Old Dutch weg, Old High German weg, Old Norse vegr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs). Compare West Frisian wei, Dutch weg, Icelandic vegur, Faroese vegur, Danish vej, Norwegian vei, and Swedish väg, which are all still the main word for both "way" and "road" in their respective languages.

• IPA^(key): /wej/

weġ m (nominative plural wegas)

1. way
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Ġetǣċ mē þone weġ.

     Show me the way.

   • c. 992, Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Epiphany of the Lord"

     Wē ne magon ġeċierran þæs weġes þe wē cōmon.

     We can't go back the way we came.

   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Hē lǣdde mē eft þȳ selfan weġe þe wit ǣr cōmon.

     He brought me back the same way we came before.

   • The Life of Saint Margaret

     Eall hīe hāl and ġesund on heora weġe hām ġewenton.

     They all went safe and sound on their way home.

   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 888

     Æðelswīþ cwēn, sēo wæs Ælfrēdes sweostor cyninges, forþfērde be Rōme weġe.

     Queen Æthelswith, who was King Alfred's sister, died on the way to Rome.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 1:22

     Uton sendan sċēaweras þæt sċēawiġen þæt land and cȳðen ūs on hwelcne weġ wē faran sċulon and tō hwelcum burgum.

     Let's send spies who can survey the land and tell us which way to go and to what cities.

2. road
   • 10th century, Kentish gloss of the Book of Proverbs

     þurh þīestre wegas

     through dark roads

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Numbers 21:22

     Swā swā sē weġ liġþ, wē faraþ.

     Wherever the road leads, we will go.

• Weġ means "way" as in "path, road, direction, means to enter or leave a place." For "way" as in "method or manner of doing something, state or condition," the word used is wīse.

• ċiricweġ
• ealne weġ
• gangweġ
• hēafodweġ
• hēahweġ
• healfweġ
• hereweġ
• Iringes weġ
• Norþweġ
• onweġ

• Middle English: wei(gh)e, wai, wei, weie
  • Scots: wey
  • English: way

• wec

From Proto-West Germanic *weg. Cognate with Old Saxon weg, Old Dutch weg, Old English weġ, Old Norse vegr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs).

weg m (plural wega)

1. way

• Middle High German: wec
  • Alemannic German: Wäg
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: bèg, bege

    Mòcheno: be

  • Central Franconian: Wääch
    • Luxembourgish: Wee (from dative and plural)
    • Hunsrik: Wegh
  • German: Weg
  • Pennsylvania German: Weg
  • Yiddish: וועג‎ (veg)

From Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Germanic cognates include Old English weġ (whence modern English way), Old Dutch weg, Old High German weg, Old Norse vegr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs).

weg m

1. way; path; road

• Middle Low German: wech
  • Dutch Low Saxon: weg
  • German Low German: Weg
  • Plautdietsch: Wajch