predigen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German predien, predigen, from Old High German predigon, predion, bredigon, which is borrowed from Latin praedicō.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]predigen (weak, third-person singular present predigt, past tense predigte, past participle gepredigt, auxiliary haben)
- to preach
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | predigen | ||||
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present participle | predigend | ||||
past participle | gepredigt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich predige | wir predigen | i | ich predige | wir predigen |
du predigst | ihr predigt | du predigest | ihr prediget | ||
er predigt | sie predigen | er predige | sie predigen | ||
preterite | ich predigte | wir predigten | ii | ich predigte1 | wir predigten1 |
du predigtest | ihr predigtet | du predigtest1 | ihr predigtet1 | ||
er predigte | sie predigten | er predigte1 | sie predigten1 | ||
imperative | predig (du) predige (du) |
predigt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “predigen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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