# bewegen
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch bewegen. Equivalent to be- +‎ wegen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bəˈʋeːɣə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: be‧we‧gen
* Rhymes: -eːɣən

### Verb

bewegen
* (intransitive, sometimes reflexive) to move, to be in motion
    Mijn benen bewegen. ― My legs move.
    Slakken bewegen zich maar langzaam. ― Snails move rather slowly.
* (transitive) to move, to cause to be in motion
    Ik kan mijn benen niet bewegen. ― I can't move my legs.
* (transitive) to budge, to motivate, to spur, to induce
    Ik kan hem maar niet bewegen om boodschappen te doen. ― I just can't get him to go to the shops.

#### Derived terms

* beweegbaar
* beweeglijk
* beweegreden
* beweging
* hemel en aarde bewegen

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: beweeg
* Negerhollands: beweeg
* → Sranan Tongo: buweigi

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bəˈveːɡən/
* Audio:(file)
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* Hyphenation: be‧we‧gen

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *biwegan, derived from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move”), which stems from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare English beweigh.

#### Verb

bewegen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewog, past participle bewogen, past subjunctive bewöge, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive) to motivate; to persuade; to prompt (someone or something to do something); to make (someone or something to do something); to induce; to get (someone or something to do something)
    Synonyms: veranlassen, vermögen, bemüßigen, anmüßigen

##### Conjugation

In the sense “to persuade”, bewegen is a strong verb. In the sense “to move”, it is weak. (See below.)
$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

##### Derived terms

* Bewegen
* Beweggrund

### Etymology 2

From Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biweggen, from Proto-West Germanic *biwaggjan.

#### Verb

bewegen (weak, third-person singular present bewegt, past tense bewegte, past participle bewegt, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive or reflexive) to move; to stir
* (reflexive) to exercise (intransitive)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

##### Derived terms

* Bewegen
* Beweger
* beweglich
* Bewegung
* dahinbewegen
* durchbewegen
* entlangbewegen
* fortbewegen
* gegenbewegen
* herabbewegen
* heranbewegen
* herausbewegen
* herumbewegen
* herunterbewegen
* hinaufbewegen
* hinausbewegen
* hinbewegen
* hindurchbewegen
* hineinbewegen
* hinunterbewegen
* hinwegbewegen
* hochbewegen
* losbewegen
* mitbewegen
* rausbewegen
* rumbewegen
* runterbewegen
* umherbewegen
* vorbeibewegen
* vorwärtsbewegen
* wegbewegen
* weiterbewegen
* zubewegen
* zurückbewegen

##### Related terms

* wägen
* wiegen

### References

* ↑ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “bewegen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “bewegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “bewegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “weak verb” in Duden online
* “strong verb” in Duden online
* “bewegen” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Luxembourgish
### Alternative forms

* beweeën (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle High German bewegen, from Old High German biwegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan. The contemporary form with -g- was influenced by German bewegen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈveːʁen/, [bəˈveːʑən]

### Verb

bewegen (third-person singular present beweegt, past participle beweegt, auxiliary verb hunn)
* (transitive) to move something
* (reflexive) to move