befürchten
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German befürhten, bevürhten, from Old High German biforhten, bifurihtōn, biforhtōn, biforahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bifurhtijan, *bifurhtōn, equivalent to be- + fürchten. Cognate with Middle Low German bevrüchten, English befright.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]befürchten (weak, third-person singular present befürchtet, past tense befürchtete, past participle befürchtet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to fear (something), be afraid of
- Keine Sorge, du hast nichts zu befürchten.
- Don't worry, you have nothing to be afraid of.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | befürchten | ||||
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present participle | befürchtend | ||||
past participle | befürchtet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich befürchte | wir befürchten | i | ich befürchte | wir befürchten |
du befürchtest | ihr befürchtet | du befürchtest | ihr befürchtet | ||
er befürchtet | sie befürchten | er befürchte | sie befürchten | ||
preterite | ich befürchtete | wir befürchteten | ii | ich befürchtete1 | wir befürchteten1 |
du befürchtetest | ihr befürchtetet | du befürchtetest1 | ihr befürchtetet1 | ||
er befürchtete | sie befürchteten | er befürchtete1 | sie befürchteten1 | ||
imperative | befürcht (du) befürchte (du) |
befürchtet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “befürchten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “befürchten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “befürchten” in Duden online
- “befürchten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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