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See also: Beleuchten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German beliuhten, from Old High German biliuhten. Equivalent to be- + leuchten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]beleuchten (weak, third-person singular present beleuchtet, past tense beleuchtete, past participle beleuchtet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to light (up), to illuminate
- (transitive, figuratively) to examine, to analyse, to shine a light on
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | beleuchten | ||||
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present participle | beleuchtend | ||||
past participle | beleuchtet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beleuchte | wir beleuchten | i | ich beleuchte | wir beleuchten |
du beleuchtest | ihr beleuchtet | du beleuchtest | ihr beleuchtet | ||
er beleuchtet | sie beleuchten | er beleuchte | sie beleuchten | ||
preterite | ich beleuchtete | wir beleuchteten | ii | ich beleuchtete1 | wir beleuchteten1 |
du beleuchtetest | ihr beleuchtetet | du beleuchtetest1 | ihr beleuchtetet1 | ||
er beleuchtete | sie beleuchteten | er beleuchtete1 | sie beleuchteten1 | ||
imperative | beleucht (du) beleuchte (du) |
beleuchtet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beleuchten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “beleuchten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “beleuchten” in Duden online
- “beleuchten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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