"seinetwegen" meaning in German

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈzaɪ̯nətˌveːɡən/, /ˌzaɪ̯nətˈveːɡən/ Audio: De-seinetwegen.ogg Forms: seinentwegen [alternative], seintwegen [alternative]
Etymology: Shortened from von seinetwegen, which can be traced through two developmental routes. One route is from von seinentwegen / von seinent wegen, from von seinen wegen, from Middle High German von sînen wegen, in which wegen was the dative plural of modern-day Weg and sînen was the possessive pronoun in the dative plural. Another route can be traced from von seintwegen / von seint wegen, from Middle High German von sînt wegen, from von sîn wegen, in which sîn was the genitive pronoun. See more at wegen. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|von sînen wegen}} Middle High German von sînen wegen, {{inh|de|gmh||von sînt wegen}} Middle High German von sînt wegen Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} seinetwegen, {{de-adv}} seinetwegen
  1. because of him, for his sake Synonyms: wegen ihm
    Sense id: en-seinetwegen-de-adv-FMdaWaV2
  2. as far as he is concerned (he doesn't mind if); for all he cares
    Sense id: en-seinetwegen-de-adv-vVNA9R~n Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German links with redundant alt parameters, German links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of German links with redundant alt parameters: 7 93 Disambiguation of German links with redundant wikilinks: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94

Alternative forms

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