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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Bewegt

Pronunciation / Transliteration: be-vehkt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Moved/muːvd/
adjectiveverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Film hat ihn zu Tränen bewegt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To change the position of something or someone.

    "She moved the chair closer to the table."
  2. 2

    To cause someone to feel strong emotions.

    "The movie moved him to tears."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'movoir', coming from the Latin 'movere' meaning 'to move, stir, or agitate'. Over centuries, the participle developed a specialized emotional sense denoting the shifting or stirring of one's heart and feelings.

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