überwinden
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German überwinden, from Old High German ubarwintan, an originally Upper German form besides Central German überwinnen, ubarwinnan. This latter is from Proto-West Germanic *ubarwinnan. Cognate with Dutch overwinnen, English overwin. Equivalent to über- + winnen (“to win”, simplex of gewinnen). The form with -nd- is analysable as über- + winden (“to wind, twist”). It is uncertain whether this is a mere phonetic alteration of the nn-form or an actual derivation from the verb. For the latter possibility compare isolated Middle High German uses like anewinden (“to attack”), widerwinden (“to repulse”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editüberwinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present überwindet, past tense überwand, past participle überwunden, past subjunctive überwände, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to overcome, to get over
Conjugation
editinfinitive | überwinden | ||||
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present participle | überwindend | ||||
past participle | überwunden | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich überwinde | wir überwinden | i | ich überwinde | wir überwinden |
du überwindest | ihr überwindet | du überwindest | ihr überwindet | ||
er überwindet | sie überwinden | er überwinde | sie überwinden | ||
preterite | ich überwand | wir überwanden | ii | ich überwände1 | wir überwänden1 |
du überwandest du überwandst |
ihr überwandet | du überwändest1 | ihr überwändet1 | ||
er überwand | sie überwanden | er überwände1 | sie überwänden1 | ||
imperative | überwind (du) überwinde (du) |
überwindet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “überwinden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “überwinden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “überwinden” in Duden online
- “überwinden” in OpenThesaurus.de
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