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bändigen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bendec.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛndɪɡŋ̍]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bän‧di‧gen

Verb

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bändigen (weak, third-person singular present bändigt, past tense bändigte, past participle gebändigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to tame, to restrain, to subdue

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “bändigen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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  • bändigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bändigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bändigen” in Duden online
  • bändigen” in OpenThesaurus.de