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Zweig

English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Zweig.

    Proper noun

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    Zweig

    1. A surname from German or Yiddish.
      • 2007 July 7, David Barboza, “China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 27 February 2021:
        “This is a harsh but probably necessary strategy to re-establish control over an underregulated sector,” David Zweig, a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said of the death-sentence verdict. […] Mr. Zweig at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, however, says the sentences handed down recently are more aimed at the domestic audience, which is at the greatest risk of being harmed by counterfeit or substandard drugs made in China.

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    German

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German zwīc, from Old High German zwīg, from Proto-Germanic *twīgą. Cognate with Dutch twijg, English twig. Compare the latter for more.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /tsvaɪ̯k/, [t͡sʋaɪ̯k] (standard)
    • IPA(key): /tsvaɪ̯ç/ (northern and central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: Zweig

    Noun

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    Zweig m (strong, genitive Zweiges or Zweigs, plural Zweige, diminutive Zweigchen n or Zweiglein n or Zweigerl n)

    1. branch, twig
    2. (figurative) branch; section

    Declension

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    Declension of Zweig [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Zweig die Zweige
    genitive eines des Zweiges, Zweigs der Zweige
    dative einem dem Zweig, Zweige1 den Zweigen
    accusative einen den Zweig die Zweige

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Synonyms

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    Hyponyms

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    Holonyms

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    • (branch, twig): Baum

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    Further reading

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    • “Zweig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
    • “Zweig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Zweig” in Duden online
    •   Zweig on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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