koppeln
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See also: Koppeln
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German koppeln, kuppeln, kupelen (“to bind (to a paddock, chiefly dogs); to pinion”), a hunting jargon term borrowed from Old French copler, coupler. Doublet of kuppeln.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]koppeln (weak, third-person singular present koppelt, past tense koppelte, past participle gekoppelt, auxiliary haben)
- to connect or interconnect
- Der Busfahrer koppelte den Anhänger mit den Skiern an den Bus.
- The bus driver coupled the trailer with the skis to the bus.
- to tether an electronic device to a computer on the network
- to couple or interlink
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | koppeln | ||||
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present participle | koppelnd | ||||
past participle | gekoppelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kopple ich koppele ich koppel |
wir koppeln | i | ich koppele ich kopple |
wir koppeln |
du koppelst | ihr koppelt | du koppelest du kopplest |
ihr koppelet ihr kopplet | ||
er koppelt | sie koppeln | er koppele er kopple |
sie koppeln | ||
preterite | ich koppelte | wir koppelten | ii | ich koppelte1 | wir koppelten1 |
du koppeltest | ihr koppeltet | du koppeltest1 | ihr koppeltet1 | ||
er koppelte | sie koppelten | er koppelte1 | sie koppelten1 | ||
imperative | kopple (du) koppel (du) koppele (du) |
koppelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “koppeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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