widersagen
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See also: Widersagen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German widersagen, from Old High German widarsagēn, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþrasaggjan. Equivalent to wider + sagen.
Verb
[edit]widersagen (weak, third-person singular present widersagt, past tense widersagte, past participle widersagt, auxiliary haben)
- to object, to contradict
- to defy, to oppose, renounce
- Widersagen Sie dem Satan? - Ich widersage. ― Do you renounce Satan? - I renounce.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | widersagen | ||||
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present participle | widersagend | ||||
past participle | widersagt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich widersage | wir widersagen | i | ich widersage | wir widersagen |
du widersagst | ihr widersagt | du widersagest | ihr widersaget | ||
er widersagt | sie widersagen | er widersage | sie widersagen | ||
preterite | ich widersagte | wir widersagten | ii | ich widersagte1 | wir widersagten1 |
du widersagtest | ihr widersagtet | du widersagtest1 | ihr widersagtet1 | ||
er widersagte | sie widersagten | er widersagte1 | sie widersagten1 | ||
imperative | widersag (du) widersage (du) |
widersagt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “widersagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “widersagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “widersagen” in Duden online
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