"nigan" meaning in Old High German

See nigan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *hnīgan, from Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną. Cognate with Old Saxon hnīgan, Old Dutch *nīgan, Old English hnīgan. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*hnīgan}} Proto-West Germanic *hnīgan, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*hnīwaną}} Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną, {{cog|osx|hnīgan}} Old Saxon hnīgan, {{cog|odt|*nīgan}} Old Dutch *nīgan, {{cog|ang|hnīgan}} Old English hnīgan Head templates: {{head|goh|verb|head=nīgan}} nīgan Inflection templates: {{goh-conj-st|nīg|neig|nig|ginigan|class=1}} Forms: nīgan [canonical], strong [table-tags], nīgan [infinitive], nīgu [first-person, present, singular], nīgo [first-person, present, singular], neig [first-person, past, singular], nīgis [present, second-person, singular], nīgist [present, second-person, singular], nigi [past, second-person, singular], nīgit [present, singular, third-person], neig [past, singular, third-person], nīgem [first-person, plural, present], nīgemēs [first-person, plural, present], nigum [first-person, past, plural], nigumēs [first-person, past, plural], nīget [plural, present, second-person], nigut [past, plural, second-person], nīgant [plural, present, third-person], nigun [past, plural, third-person], nīge [first-person, present, singular], nigi [first-person, past, singular], nīgēs [present, second-person, singular], nīgēst [present, second-person, singular], nigīs [past, second-person, singular], nigīst [past, second-person, singular], nīge [present, singular, third-person], nigi [past, singular, third-person], nīgēm [first-person, plural, present], nigīm [first-person, past, plural], nigīmēs [first-person, past, plural], nīgēt [plural, present, second-person], nigīt [past, plural, second-person], nīgēn [plural, present, third-person], nigīn [past, plural, third-person], nīg [present, singular], nīget [plural, present], nīganti [present], ginigan [past]
  1. (intransitive) to bow Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-nigan-goh-verb--Jd-uXNP Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "nîgen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: nîgen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: nîgen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "neigen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: neigen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: neigen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hnīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hnīgan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hnīwaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "hnīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon hnīgan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "*nīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *nīgan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hnīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hnīgan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hnīgan, from Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną. Cognate with Old Saxon hnīgan, Old Dutch *nīgan, Old English hnīgan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nīgan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neig",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neig",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgemēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigumēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīget",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīmēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīget",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīganti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ginigan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "nīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "nīgan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nīg",
        "2": "neig",
        "3": "nig",
        "4": "ginigan",
        "class": "1"
      },
      "name": "goh-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bow"
      ],
      "id": "en-nigan-goh-verb--Jd-uXNP",
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to bow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nigan"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "nîgen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: nîgen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: nîgen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "neigen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: neigen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: neigen"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hnīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hnīgan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hnīwaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "osx",
        "2": "hnīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon hnīgan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "*nīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *nīgan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "hnīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hnīgan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hnīgan, from Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną. Cognate with Old Saxon hnīgan, Old Dutch *nīgan, Old English hnīgan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nīgan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neig",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neig",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgemēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigumēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīget",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīmēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīgēn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigīn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīget",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nīganti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ginigan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "nīgan"
      },
      "expansion": "nīgan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nīg",
        "2": "neig",
        "3": "nig",
        "4": "ginigan",
        "class": "1"
      },
      "name": "goh-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German class 1 strong verbs",
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German intransitive verbs",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German verbs",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to bow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nigan"
}

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