beschaffen
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]15th century, from be- + schaffen. Formally from Old High German biskaffōn (“to create, form”) since it also had a weak declension. Middle High German beschaffen is formally related, but had a strong declension. The base lemma schaffen had both a strong and a weak paradigm (which are both continued in modern schaffen).
Verb
[edit]beschaffen (weak, third-person singular present beschafft, past tense beschaffte, past participle beschafft, auxiliary haben)
- (ditransitive) to purchase, to procure, to obtain, to acquire
- Er kann dir eine neue Identität beschaffen.
- He can provide you with a new identity.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | beschaffen | ||||
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present participle | beschaffend | ||||
past participle | beschafft | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beschaffe | wir beschaffen | i | ich beschaffe | wir beschaffen |
du beschaffst | ihr beschafft | du beschaffest | ihr beschaffet | ||
er beschafft | sie beschaffen | er beschaffe | sie beschaffen | ||
preterite | ich beschaffte | wir beschafften | ii | ich beschaffte1 | wir beschafften1 |
du beschafftest | ihr beschafftet | du beschafftest1 | ihr beschafftet1 | ||
er beschaffte | sie beschafften | er beschaffte1 | sie beschafften1 | ||
imperative | beschaff (du) beschaffe (du) |
beschafft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German beschaffen. Possibly a continuation of an unattested Old High German *biskaffan. Obsolete since Early New High German, but the past participle is continued as adjective.
Verb
[edit]- (obsolete, chiefly religious) to create
- Synonyms: erschaffen, schaffen
Adjective
[edit]beschaffen (strong nominative masculine singular beschaffener, not comparable)
- made, structured, like (of the properties of something)
- Die Maschine ist aus Leichtmetall beschaffen. ― The machine is made of light metal.
- Wie ist der Untergrund beschaffen? ― What is the substrate like?
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beschaffen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “beschaffen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “beschaffen” in Duden online
- “beschaffen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/afn̩
- Rhymes:German/afn̩/3 syllables
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