bezichtigen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From zicht + be- -igen, replacing earlier bezichten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bezichtigen
- (transitive, formal) to behold
- (transitive, formal) to sightsee, to view
- De steen van Rosette kan worden bezichtigd in het British Museum in Londen, waar hij al sinds 1802 wordt bewaard.
- The Rosetta stone can be viewed at the British Museum in London, where it has been kept ever since 1802.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bezichtigen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | bezichtigen | |||
past singular | bezichtigde | |||
past participle | bezichtigd | |||
infinitive | bezichtigen | |||
gerund | bezichtigen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bezichtig | bezichtigde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bezichtigt, bezichtig2 | bezichtigde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bezichtigt | bezichtigde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bezichtigt | bezichtigde | ||
3rd person singular | bezichtigt | bezichtigde | ||
plural | bezichtigen | bezichtigden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bezichtige | bezichtigde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bezichtigen | bezichtigden | ||
imperative sing. | bezichtig | |||
imperative plur.1 | bezichtigt | |||
participles | bezichtigend | bezichtigd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German bezichtec (“accused”) + -en, from bezicht (“accusation”), from bezīhen (“to accuse”), from Old High German bizīhen.[1] Compare zeihen and Dutch betichten. Replaced older bezichten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bezichtigen (weak, third-person singular present bezichtigt, past tense bezichtigte, past participle bezichtigt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to accuse [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘of something’]
- Frau Müller wurde der Steuerhinterziehung bezichtigt.
- Frau Müller was accused of tax evasion.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bezichtigen | ||||
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present participle | bezichtigend | ||||
past participle | bezichtigt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bezichtige | wir bezichtigen | i | ich bezichtige | wir bezichtigen |
du bezichtigst | ihr bezichtigt | du bezichtigest | ihr bezichtiget | ||
er bezichtigt | sie bezichtigen | er bezichtige | sie bezichtigen | ||
preterite | ich bezichtigte | wir bezichtigten | ii | ich bezichtigte1 | wir bezichtigten1 |
du bezichtigtest | ihr bezichtigtet | du bezichtigtest1 | ihr bezichtigtet1 | ||
er bezichtigte | sie bezichtigten | er bezichtigte1 | sie bezichtigten1 | ||
imperative | bezichtig (du) bezichtige (du) |
bezichtigt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “bezichtigen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 107
Further reading
[edit]- “bezichtigen” in Duden online
- “bezichtigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bezichtigen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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