klären
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German klæren; from klar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈklɛːʁən/, [ˈkʰlɛːɐ̯n] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈkleːʁən/, [ˈkʰleːɐ̯n] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: klä‧ren
Verb
[edit]klären (weak, third-person singular present klärt, past tense klärte, past participle geklärt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to clarify, to clear up (an issue or misunderstanding), to fill in unknown details, to resolve, to sort out (a problem or a question)
- Du musst diese Frage für dich klären.
- You have to sort out that question for youself.
- (transitive) to clarify, to remove (visible contaminants)
- (sports, soccer) to clear (kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
- (reflexive) to become clear
- Der Himmel klärte sich und die Sonne schien.
- The sky cleared and the sun was shining.
- (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) to seduce, to wrap around one's little finger as a sex object
- Synonyms: klarmachen, um den Finger wickeln
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | klären | ||||
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present participle | klärend | ||||
past participle | geklärt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kläre | wir klären | i | ich kläre | wir klären |
du klärst | ihr klärt | du klärest | ihr kläret | ||
er klärt | sie klären | er kläre | sie klären | ||
preterite | ich klärte | wir klärten | ii | ich klärte1 | wir klärten1 |
du klärtest | ihr klärtet | du klärtest1 | ihr klärtet1 | ||
er klärte | sie klärten | er klärte1 | sie klärten1 | ||
imperative | klär (du) kläre (du) |
klärt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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