verbeißen
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See also: Verbeissen and verbéissen
German
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verbeizen, from Old High German *firbītan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabītan. Equivalent to ver- + beißen. Cognates include Dutch verbijten and English forbite.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verbeißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present verbeißt, past tense verbiss, past participle verbissen, auxiliary haben)
- to bite the bit
- (colloquial) to bite back
- (reflexive, colloquial) to become engrossed, deeply absorbed [with in (+ accusative) ‘something’]
- (dative reflexive, colloquial) to suppress, to stifle (e.g., a smile, laughter, pain, etc.) [with accusative]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verbeißen | ||||
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present participle | verbeißend | ||||
past participle | verbissen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verbeiße | wir verbeißen | i | ich verbeiße | wir verbeißen |
du verbeißt | ihr verbeißt | du verbeißest | ihr verbeißet | ||
er verbeißt | sie verbeißen | er verbeiße | sie verbeißen | ||
preterite | ich verbiss | wir verbissen | ii | ich verbisse1 | wir verbissen1 |
du verbissest du verbisst |
ihr verbisst | du verbissest1 du verbisst1 |
ihr verbisset1 ihr verbisst1 | ||
er verbiss | sie verbissen | er verbisse1 | sie verbissen1 | ||
imperative | verbeiß (du) verbeiße (du) |
verbeißt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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