siedeln
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sidelen, from Old High German sidalen, derived from sidila (“seat”), which is cognate with Old English setl. Related with sitzen (“to sit”) and hence eventually related with English settle, but not a direct cognate of this latter.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]siedeln (weak, third-person singular present siedelt, past tense siedelte, past participle gesiedelt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to settle (cultivate hitherto unoccupied areas; create a colony in foreign land)
- Mein Großvater war der erste, der in diesem Sumpfgebiet gesiedelt hat.
- My grandfather was the first to have settled in these wetlands.
- (intransitive, of ethnic groups, animals also) to dwell; to nest; without the implication of a colony
- Die Ureinwohner siedelten vor allem entlang der Flussläufe.
- The original inhabitants had their settlements mainly along the rivers.
- (transitive, obsolete) Alternative form of ansiedeln.
Usage notes
[edit]- As transitive verbs use besiedeln (“to settle a place”) and ansiedeln (“to settle people in a place”). The latter is also used reflexively in the general sense of “to move somewhere, settle down”, which the simplex siedeln almost never has.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | siedeln | ||||
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present participle | siedelnd | ||||
past participle | gesiedelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich siedle ich siedele ich siedel |
wir siedeln | i | ich siedele ich siedle |
wir siedeln |
du siedelst | ihr siedelt | du siedelest du siedlest |
ihr siedelet ihr siedlet | ||
er siedelt | sie siedeln | er siedele er siedle |
sie siedeln | ||
preterite | ich siedelte | wir siedelten | ii | ich siedelte1 | wir siedelten1 |
du siedeltest | ihr siedeltet | du siedeltest1 | ihr siedeltet1 | ||
er siedelte | sie siedelten | er siedelte1 | sie siedelten1 | ||
imperative | siedle (du) siedel (du) siedele (du) |
siedelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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