investieren
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Late Middle High German, from Latin investīre. In the finance sense from Italian investire or English invest.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]investieren (weak, third-person singular present investiert, past tense investierte, past participle investiert, auxiliary haben)
- (finance or figurative) to invest (time, money, etc.)
- (chiefly religion, historical) to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | investieren | ||||
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present participle | investierend | ||||
past participle | investiert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich investiere | wir investieren | i | ich investiere | wir investieren |
du investierst | ihr investiert | du investierest | ihr investieret | ||
er investiert | sie investieren | er investiere | sie investieren | ||
preterite | ich investierte | wir investierten | ii | ich investierte1 | wir investierten1 |
du investiertest | ihr investiertet | du investiertest1 | ihr investiertet1 | ||
er investierte | sie investierten | er investierte1 | sie investierten1 | ||
imperative | investier (du) investiere (du) |
investiert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- Investition f (“investment”)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “investieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “investieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “investieren” in Duden online
- “investieren” in OpenThesaurus.de
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