weben

From Middle High German weben, from Old High German weban, from Proto-West Germanic *weban. Compare Dutch weven, English weave, Danish væve.

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːbən/, [ˈveː.bm̩]

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weben (weak or class 4 strong, third-person singular present webt, past tense webte or wob, past participle gewebt or gewoben, past subjunctive webte or wöbe, auxiliary haben)

1. to weave
2. to intertwine (to twine together)
3. (archaic) to sway back and forth, to swing, to ramble
   • 1744, Friedrich von Hagedorn, Die Landlust‎^{[1], [2]}, verses 9–12:

     Es webet, wallt und spielet / Das Laub um jeden Strauch, / Und jede Staude fühlet / Des lauen Zephyrs Hauch.

     They sway, they undulate, and play / The leaves round every bush, / And every shrub it feels / The balmy Zephyr's brush.

   • 1790–1829, Goethe, Faust, verses 392–397:

     Ach! könnt’ ich doch auf Berges-Höh’n, / In deinem lieben Lichte gehn, / Um Bergeshöhle mit Geistern schweben, / Auf Wiesen in deinem Dämmer weben, / Von allem Wissensqualm entladen, / In deinem Thau gesund mich baden!

     Oh! could I but on mountain highs, / Walk onward in thy lovely light, / Ho'er with spirits round mountain cave, / Ramble through meadows in thy gloam, / Discharged of all kwowledge's fumes, / Bathe to health me in thy dew.

• Both weak and strong forms are standard. For the sense “to weave”, the weak forms have been preferred, but at least the past participle gewoben is also common.

• Weben, Weber
• webend, gewebt
• Gewebe
• wibbeln

• “weben”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)
• “weben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “weben” in Duden online
• “weben” in OpenThesaurus.de

web +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛbɛn]
• Hyphenation: we‧ben

weben

1. superessive singular of web