zeigen

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡saɪ̯ɡən/

“zeigen” is a German word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

to point
to exhibit, allow to see
to face reveal, to show one's face
to display, to manifest
to demonstrate, explain by doing
to go to show, demonstrate, prove
to appear, become apparent, come out, turn out, show up, to be manifested

Etymology

From Middle High German zeigen, from Old High German zeigōn, intensive of zīhan, whence modern zeihen (“to blame”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-, whence also Zeichen, English teach. In Modern German, zeigen absorbed the synonymous but entirely unrelated Middle High German zöugen (cognate with Gothic ataugjan); therefore the spellings zäugen, zeugen also occurred.

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