bedeuten
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Bedeuten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bediuten, betiuten, from Old High German bidiuten. Equivalent to be- + deuten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bedeuten (weak, third-person singular present bedeutet, past tense bedeutete, past participle bedeutet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to imply, to mean, to signify, to indicate, to spell, to betoken
- Ein klarer Himmel bedeutet eine kalte Nacht. ― A clear sky means a cold night.
- Aber was bedeutet das? ― But what does it mean?
- (ditransitive) to signify to, to have meaning to
- Aber Liebling! Sabina bedeutet mir nichts! ― But darling! Sabina means nothing to me!
- (transitive) to signify, to represent, to denote (To have a certain meaning (when translated, deciphered, etc.)
- Übersetzt bedeutet der Name so viel wie "starker Krieger". ― Translated, the name means something like "strong warrior".
- (transitive, dated) to give someone something to understand, to signal, to motion (by gestures, facial expressions, words, etc.) [with dative]
- Mit ihrem Lächeln bedeutete sie ihm, dass sie an einer Unterhaltung interessiert war. ― With her smile she signalled to him that she was interested in a conversation.
- Plötzlich bedeutete ihr der Mann, in das Café einzutreten. ― Suddenly the man motioned for her to enter the cafè.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bedeuten | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | bedeutend | ||||
past participle | bedeutet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bedeute | wir bedeuten | i | ich bedeute | wir bedeuten |
du bedeutest | ihr bedeutet | du bedeutest | ihr bedeutet | ||
er bedeutet | sie bedeuten | er bedeute | sie bedeuten | ||
preterite | ich bedeutete | wir bedeuteten | ii | ich bedeutete1 | wir bedeuteten1 |
du bedeutetest | ihr bedeutetet | du bedeutetest1 | ihr bedeutetet1 | ||
er bedeutete | sie bedeuteten | er bedeutete1 | sie bedeuteten1 | ||
imperative | bedeut (du) bedeute (du) |
bedeutet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms prefixed with be-
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German transitive verbs
- German terms with usage examples
- German ditransitive verbs
- German dated terms