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wegen werkwoord | heft [hefted, hefting, hefts](to test the weight of something by lifting it) weigh [weighed, weighing, weighs](to determine the weight of an object) weight [weighted, weighting, weights](in mathematics) |
weg [wegen] substantief {?} | avenue [avenues](broad street) |
weg [wegen] substantief {m} | drive [drives](type of public roadway) itinerary [itineraries](route or proposed route of a journey) path [paths](a course taken) road [roads](a way for travel) route [routes](way to do something) |
wegenkaart substantief {f} {m} | road map [road maps](a map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation) |
wegens preposition | because of(on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) for(because of) on(because of, or due to something) |
alle wegen leiden naar Rome phrase | all roads lead to Rome(different paths can take to the same goal) there's more than one way to skin a cat(a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal) |
bewegen werkwoord | budge [budged, budging, budges](intransitive: to move) flurry [flurried, flurrying, flurries](agitate) move [moved, moving, moves](to change place or posture; to go) spur [spurred, spurring, spurs](to urge or encourage to action) |
bewegend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | motive(causing motion) moving(that moves or move) |
bewegende bijvoeglijk naamwoord | moving(that moves or move) |
Denemarken-Noorwegen eigennam | Denmark-Norway(former political entity) |
geschonken wegens een gelofte bijvoeglijk naamwoord | votive(dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge) |
gezwegen van voegwoord | let alone(to say nothing of) |
Gods wegen zijn ondoorgrondelijk phrase | God works in mysterious ways(a situation may be beneficial later) |
Koninkrijk Noorwegen eigennam {n} | Kingdom of Norway(official name of Norway) |
Noorwegen eigennam {n} | Norway(Scandinavian country) |
onder ons gezegd en gezwegen preposition | between(shared in confidence by) |
opwegen tegen werkwoord | counterbalance(to apply weight in order to balance) |
overwegen werkwoord | consider [considered, considering, considers](think about seriously) contemplate [contemplated, contemplating, contemplates](think about something in a concentrated manner) deliberate(consider carefully) mull [mulled, mulling, mulls](to work over mentally) ponder [pondered, pondering, ponders](to think deeply) |
overwegend bijwoord | mostly(for the most part) |
spoorwegen substantief {Pl} | railway [railways](transport system using these rails) |
zich bewegen werkwoord | move [moved, moving, moves](to change place or posture; to go) |
zwaarder wegen werkwoord | outweigh [outweighed, outweighing, outweighs]verb |
zwaarwegend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | weighty [weightier, weightiest](heavy) |