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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German banen. Equivalent to Bahn (“trail, route”) + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bahnen (weak, third-person singular present bahnt, past tense bahnte, past participle gebahnt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to channel
- Sie bahnte sich ihren Weg durch die Menge.
- She paved her way through the crowd.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bahnen | ||||
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present participle | bahnend | ||||
past participle | gebahnt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bahne | wir bahnen | i | ich bahne | wir bahnen |
du bahnst | ihr bahnt | du bahnest | ihr bahnet | ||
er bahnt | sie bahnen | er bahne | sie bahnen | ||
preterite | ich bahnte | wir bahnten | ii | ich bahnte1 | wir bahnten1 |
du bahntest | ihr bahntet | du bahntest1 | ihr bahntet1 | ||
er bahnte | sie bahnten | er bahnte1 | sie bahnten1 | ||
imperative | bahn (du) bahne (du) |
bahnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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