beugen

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to fish with a longline

Etymology
From, from , from. In early modern German, almost fully merged with related, which used to have the strong 2nd and 3rd persons singular du beugst, er beugt (compare similar archaic forms like du fleugst from ). The later grammarians tried to distinguish the verbs again, though often in ways different from the (still vague) distinction that has now established itself.

Verb

 * 1)  to bend something, to bow something
 * 2)  to bend; to bend over; to bow
 * 3)  to give in to; to cease to resist or disagree with
 * 4)  to inflect; to decline, conjugate, etc.
 * 1)  to give in to; to cease to resist or disagree with
 * 2)  to inflect; to decline, conjugate, etc.
 * 1)  to inflect; to decline, conjugate, etc.
 * 1)  to inflect; to decline, conjugate, etc.

Usage notes

 * The normal word for “to bend something” is . Beugen is often used instead with body parts and in figurative senses.
 * Reflexively, sich beugen is used of people meaning a slight bending of the body (see the example above). Sich biegen will only be used for more unusual ways of bending like those of a contortionist. With things, conversely, sich beugen is rare; it then typically means a slight bending due to gravity or weight.
 * Sich beugen can also mean “to bow out of respect” and “to stoop down”, but the former is more commonly, and the latter.