umzäunen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German umbzūnen, umbeziunen, equivalent to um- + zäunen. Compare Middle Low German ümmetünen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]umzäunen (weak, third-person singular present umzäunt, past tense umzäunte, past participle umzäunt, auxiliary haben)
- to fence in, enclose
- Synonym: einzäunen
- 1933, “Die Moorsoldaten”, Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhoff (lyrics), Rudi Goguel (music), performed by leftist political prisoners in Nazi concentration camps:
- Auf und nieder geh'n die Posten, / keiner, keiner kann hindurch. / Flucht wird nur das Leben kosten, / vierfach ist umzäunt die Burg.
- Up and down the guards are walking, / Nobody, nobody can get through. / Escape would but waste one's life, / Fourfold is enclosed the fort.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | umzäunen | ||||
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present participle | umzäunend | ||||
past participle | umzäunt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich umzäune | wir umzäunen | i | ich umzäune | wir umzäunen |
du umzäunst | ihr umzäunt | du umzäunest | ihr umzäunet | ||
er umzäunt | sie umzäunen | er umzäune | sie umzäunen | ||
preterite | ich umzäunte | wir umzäunten | ii | ich umzäunte1 | wir umzäunten1 |
du umzäuntest | ihr umzäuntet | du umzäuntest1 | ihr umzäuntet1 | ||
er umzäunte | sie umzäunten | er umzäunte1 | sie umzäunten1 | ||
imperative | umzäun (du) umzäune (du) |
umzäunt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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