fordern

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vodern/vordern, from Old High German fordarōn, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ(a)rōn. More at vorder.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁdəʁn/, [ˈfɔɐ̯dɐn]
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  • Hyphenation: for‧dern

Verb

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fordern (weak, third-person singular present fordert, past tense forderte, past participle gefordert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to demand, ask
  2. (transitive) to claim
  3. (transitive) to require
    Die schwersten Entscheidungen fordern den stärksten Willen.
    The most difficult decisions require the strongest wills.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to challenge

Conjugation

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Note: Forms with dropped e are also spelled with an apostrophe, e.g. ford’re instead of fordre and fordere.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • fordern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fordern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • fordern” in Duden online
  • fordern” in OpenThesaurus.de