wegen — meaning in English

English meaning

• heft noun How heavy something feels when you hold it.
• weigh verb To find out how heavy something is, usually with scales.
• weight noun How heavy someone or something is.

Senses

wegen is used for these senses in English:

• heft To test the weight of (something) by lifting.
• weight (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.

heft — full definition

1. noun How heavy something feels when you hold it.
2. noun The physical weight that an object has because of gravity.
3. noun The serious or weighty nature of something.
4. noun The level of importance or influence something carries.

weigh — full definition

1. verb To find out how heavy something is, usually with scales.
2. verb To have a particular weight.
3. verb To carefully consider or compare things before deciding.
4. verb Nautical: to raise the anchor before setting sail.

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