verb
to cry, to weep
A2
Weinen means 'to cry' or 'to weep'. It's a regular weak verb using auxiliary haben in perfect tenses (Perfekt: habe geweint). Participle: geweint; present participle weinend. Non‑reflexive, not separable, and conjugates regularly (weine, weinst, weinte). Used for shedding tears or figurative sorrow.
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Er weinte vor Freude.
He cried with joy.
Das Kind weinte, obwohl die Mutter ihm die Geschichte noch einmal vorgelesen hatte.
The child cried even though the mother had read the story to him once more.
Sie hat die ganze Nacht geweint.
She cried all night.
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picture tears forming the letters 'wein' down a face
sounds like 'wine-in' — imagine someone 'wining' (complaining) and crying
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Regular weak verb. Not reflexive. Past participle used with 'haben'. Personal passive forms are not appropriate for this intransitive verb; impersonal passive is possible (Es wird geweint). Personal passive paradigms have been removed to avoid misleading learners. | Intransitive verb; personal passive forms are not applicable.