bedauern
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German betūren (also betiuren), a prefixation of tūren (“to consider grave”). Equivalent to modern be- + dauern (etymology 2), the simplex of which is now archaic. Pertaining to teuer (“dear, expensive”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dūren).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bedauern (weak, third-person singular present bedauert, past tense bedauerte, past participle bedauert, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bedauern | ||||
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present participle | bedauernd | ||||
past participle | bedauert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bedaure ich bedauere ich bedauer |
wir bedauern | i | ich bedauere ich bedaure |
wir bedauern |
du bedauerst | ihr bedauert | du bedauerest du bedaurest |
ihr bedaueret ihr bedauret | ||
er bedauert | sie bedauern | er bedauere er bedaure |
sie bedauern | ||
preterite | ich bedauerte | wir bedauerten | ii | ich bedauerte1 | wir bedauerten1 |
du bedauertest | ihr bedauertet | du bedauertest1 | ihr bedauertet1 | ||
er bedauerte | sie bedauerten | er bedauerte1 | sie bedauerten1 | ||
imperative | bedaure (du) bedauer (du) bedauere (du) |
bedauert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Esperanto: bedaŭri
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