seinetwegen

German

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯nətˌveːɡən/, /ˌzaɪ̯nətˈveːɡən/
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Adverb

seinetwegen

  1. because of him, for his sake
    Synonym: (colloquial) wegen ihm
    Das ist alles seinetwegen passiert.
    All of this happened because of him.
  2. as far as he is concerned (he doesn't mind if); for all he cares
    Seinetwegen kannst du mitkommen.
    As far as he is concerned, you can come with us.

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