besprechen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German besprechen, from Old High German besprechan, besprehhan (also bisprechōn, bisprehhōn), from Proto-Germanic *bisprekaną (“to speak about, discuss, blame”), equivalent to be- + sprechen. Cognate with English bespeak, Dutch bespreken, West Frisian besprekke.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]besprechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bespricht, past tense besprach, past participle besprochen, past subjunctive bespräche, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to discuss (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | besprechen | ||||
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present participle | besprechend | ||||
past participle | besprochen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bespreche | wir besprechen | i | ich bespreche | wir besprechen |
du besprichst | ihr besprecht | du besprechest | ihr besprechet | ||
er bespricht | sie besprechen | er bespreche | sie besprechen | ||
preterite | ich besprach | wir besprachen | ii | ich bespräche1 | wir besprächen1 |
du besprachst | ihr bespracht | du besprächest1 du besprächst1 |
ihr besprächet1 ihr besprächt1 | ||
er besprach | sie besprachen | er bespräche1 | sie besprächen1 | ||
imperative | besprich (du) | besprecht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “besprechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “besprechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “besprechen” in Duden online
- “besprechen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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