German word

weben

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈveːbən/

Meaning

  • verbweave

Example

Sie webt einen Schal.

She weaves a scarf.

Illustration for weben (weave)

More examples

Die Erzählerin webt eine dichte Atmosphäre.

The storyteller weaves a dense atmosphere.

Core concept

A loom draws separate strands across and through one another until they form a continuous cloth or pattern, and the same image extends to intertwined ideas.

Common phrases

  • Stoffe weben

    weave fabrics

  • Atmosphäre weben

    weave an atmosphere

  • Erzählungen weben

    weave stories

Similar words

mischen: Blending different elements together into one mixture.
zusammenfügen: Assembling distinct parts into a unified whole.
stricken: Creating fabric or designs by working yarn with knitting needles.
nähen: Sewing pieces of fabric or material together with needle and thread.

Definition in German

Fäden oder Fasern so miteinander verbinden, dass daraus Stoff oder ein Muster entsteht.

Word origin

German weben continues Old High German weban and Proto-Germanic *webaną, sharing an inherited Germanic origin with English weave.

Usage tips

  • Unlike English weave, standard German commonly uses the regular past forms webte and hat gewebt.

Other meanings

  • interlaceverb

Opposites

  • auftrennenunravelverb

Related words

  • verwebeninterweaveverb
  • die Webereiweaving industrynoun
  • das Gewebefabricnoun

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