besagen
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See also: Besagen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German besagen, from Old High German bisagēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bisaggjan. By surface analysis, be- + sagen. Cognate with English besay.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]besagen (weak, third-person singular present besagt, past tense besagte, past participle besagt, auxiliary haben)
- to say, state, have it (said of texts or utterances, not of persons)
- to mean, signify
- (obsolete, except adjectivally in besagt) to mention, note
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | besagen | ||||
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present participle | besagend | ||||
past participle | besagt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | — | — | i | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
er besagt | sie besagen | er besage | sie besagen | ||
preterite | — | — | ii | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
er besagte | sie besagten | er besagte1 | sie besagten1 | ||
imperative | — | — |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
perfect | |||||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
er hat besagt | sie haben besagt | er habe besagt | sie haben besagt | ||
pluperfect | |||||
indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
er hatte besagt | sie hatten besagt | er hätte besagt | sie hätten besagt | ||
future i | |||||
infinitive | besagen werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
— | — | ||||
er werde besagen | sie werden besagen | ||||
indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
er wird besagen | sie werden besagen | er würde besagen | sie würden besagen | ||
future ii | |||||
infinitive | besagt haben werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
— | — | ||||
er werde besagt haben | sie werden besagt haben | ||||
indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
er wird besagt haben | sie werden besagt haben | er würde besagt haben | sie würden besagt haben |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “besagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “besagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “besagen” in Duden online
- “besagen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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