besorgen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From be- + sorgen. Already Middle High German besorgen, Old High German bisorgēn.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]besorgen (weak, third-person singular present besorgt, past tense besorgte, past participle besorgt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to deal, to manage, to procure
- Seine Geschäfte wurden durch einen Stellvertreter besorgt.
- His operations have been managed by a proxy.
- (transitive) to get, to obtain
- Ich gehe noch mal schnell Brötchen besorgen. ― I'll go quickly and get bread rolls again.
- (vulgar) to give (it to someone), to satisfy carnally [with es and dative ‘someone’]
- Er hat’s ihr richtig besorgt. ― He has really given it to her.
- 2011 [1998], Clara Drechsler, Harald Hellmann, transl., Drecksau[1], Kiepenheuer & Witsch, translation of Filth by Irvine Welsh, →ISBN:
- Meine beschissenen Eier jucken wie die Sau … boah … besorgs mir Baby …
- My fucking balls are itching like crazy... whoa ... give it to me baby.
- (transitive, from 20th century usually officialese) to be afraid of, to worry about
- 1788, Christoph Martin Wieland, chapter 16, in Lügengeschichten und Dialoge von Lukian von Samosata[2]:
- Übrigens hieß er uns gutes Muthes seyn und keine Gefahr besorgen; wir sollten mit allem, was wir nöthig hätten, versehen werden.
- Else he hight us be of good mood and fear no danger; we should be furnished with all that we might need.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | besorgen | ||||
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present participle | besorgend | ||||
past participle | besorgt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich besorge | wir besorgen | i | ich besorge | wir besorgen |
du besorgst | ihr besorgt | du besorgest | ihr besorget | ||
er besorgt | sie besorgen | er besorge | sie besorgen | ||
preterite | ich besorgte | wir besorgten | ii | ich besorgte1 | wir besorgten1 |
du besorgtest | ihr besorgtet | du besorgtest1 | ihr besorgtet1 | ||
er besorgte | sie besorgten | er besorgte1 | sie besorgten1 | ||
imperative | besorg (du) besorge (du) |
besorgt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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