mühen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German müejen, müewen, müen, nominalized müeje, müe, from Old High German muoen, nominalized muoī, probably ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *mōjan, from Proto-Germanic *mōjaną (to tire). Equivalent to Mühe + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmyːən/
  • Hyphenation: mü‧hen
  • (file)

Verb

mühen (weak, third-person singular present müht, past tense mühte, past participle gemüht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to labor, toil
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Isaiah 22:4 (with KJV translation)
      Darum sage ich: Hebt euch von mir, laßt mich bitterlich weinen; müht euch nicht, mich zu trösten über die Verstörung der Tochter meines Volks!
      Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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