"meinetwegen" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [German]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ̯nətˌveːɡən/, /ˌmaɪ̯nətˈveːɡən/ Audio: De-meinetwegen.ogg
Etymology: Shortened from von meinetwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von meinentwegen / von meinent wegen, from von meinen wegen, from Middle High German von mînen wegen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and mînen was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural. Another route can be traced from von meintwegen / von meint wegen, from Middle High German von mînt wegen, from von mîn wegen, in which mîn was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen. Etymology templates: {{m|de||von meinetwegen}} von meinetwegen, {{m|de||von meinentwegen / von meinent wegen}} von meinentwegen / von meinent wegen, {{m|de|von meinen wegen}} von meinen wegen, {{inh|de|gmh|von mînen wegen}} Middle High German von mînen wegen, {{m|gmh||wegen}} wegen, {{m|de|Weg}} Weg, {{m|gmh|mînen}} mînen, {{m|de||von meintwegen / von meint wegen}} von meintwegen / von meint wegen, {{inh|de|gmh||von mînt wegen}} Middle High German von mînt wegen, {{m|gmh|von mîn wegen}} von mîn wegen, {{m|gmh|mîn}} mîn, {{m|de|wegen}} wegen Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} meinetwegen, {{de-adv}} meinetwegen
  1. because of me, for my sake Synonyms: wegen mir, meinethalben, wegen meiner
    Sense id: en-meinetwegen-de-adv-5Qvb~DYc Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of German links with redundant wikilinks: 60 40
  2. (informal) as far as I'm concerned (I don't mind if); for all I care Tags: informal Synonyms: von mir aus, ruhig
    Sense id: en-meinetwegen-de-adv-A82VYrGm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meinentwegen, meintwegen [archaic]

Alternative forms

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