🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Bewegend

Pronunciation / Transliteration: be-veh-gend

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Moving/ˈmuː.vɪŋ/
adjectiveverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Film hatte eine bewegende Geschichte, die alle zu Tränen rührte."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Causing strong feelings of sadness or sympathy.

    "The movie had a moving story that left everyone in tears."
As verb
  1. 1

    Present participle of move; to change position or location.

    "She is moving to a new city next month."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'moving' originates from the Old French 'movant', derived from the Latin 'movere', meaning 'to move'. Its usage has evolved from a physical sense of motion to encompass emotional and metaphorical meanings in modern English.

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