beregen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German beregen, by surface analysis, be- + regen
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bəˈʁeːɡən/, [bəˈʁeːɡŋ̍]
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- Hyphenation: be‧re‧gen
Verb
[edit]beregen (weak, third-person singular present beregt, past tense beregte, past participle beregt, auxiliary haben)
- (obsolete, regional, also reflexive like now regen) to stir up, to bring into motion
- (archaic, stilted) to concern, to fancy
- 1857 January 29, “Vorurtheile (Fortsetzung.)”, in Unterhaltungsblatt der Neustadter Zeitung, number 13, page 49:
- „O, mein Gott“, rief Ludwig hingerissen, „Sie beregen Dinge, die mir so fern liegen ―“
„Und dennoch halte ich es für Pflicht, sie zu beregen, denn Sie dürfen über meine Person nicht den leisesten Zweifel hegeln. […]- “Good God,” Ludwig shouted in rapture, “you touch on issues so remote for me to fancy ―”
“Nonetheless I believe it my obligation to touch them, for you shall not have the slightest doubt about my person. […]
- “Good God,” Ludwig shouted in rapture, “you touch on issues so remote for me to fancy ―”
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | beregen | ||||
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present participle | beregend | ||||
past participle | beregt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich berege | wir beregen | i | ich berege | wir beregen |
du beregst | ihr beregt | du beregest | ihr bereget | ||
er beregt | sie beregen | er berege | sie beregen | ||
preterite | ich beregte | wir beregten | ii | ich beregte1 | wir beregten1 |
du beregtest | ihr beregtet | du beregtest1 | ihr beregtet1 | ||
er beregte | sie beregten | er beregte1 | sie beregten1 | ||
imperative | bereg (du) berege (du) |
beregt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “beregen” in Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1986–.
Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]beregen
- Alternative form of berwen
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