meinetwegen

German

Alternative forms

meinentwegen, meintwegen (both archaic)

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯nətˌveːɡən/, /ˌmaɪ̯nətˈveːɡən/
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Adverb

meinetwegen

because of me, for my sake
Synonyms: (colloquial) wegen mir, (dated) meinethalben, (dated) wegen meiner

Das ist alles meinetwegen passiert.
All of this happened because of me.
(informal) as far as I'm concerned (I don't mind if); for all I care
Synonyms: von mir aus, ruhig

Meinetwegen können Sie mitkommen.
As far as I am concerned, you can come with us.