bewehren
See also: Bewehren
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German bewern, from Old High German biwerren, biwerien, from Proto-West Germanic *biwarjan. By surface analysis, be- + wehren. Cognate with Dutch beweren.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bəˈveːʁən/, [bəˈveː.ʁən], [-ˈveː.ɐn], [-ˈveːɐ̯n], [-ˈvɛɐ̯n]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːʀən
- Homophone: bewähren (some speakers)
Verb
editbewehren (weak, third-person singular present bewehrt, past tense bewehrte, past participle bewehrt, auxiliary haben)
- (military, archaic, but still figurative in higher register) to arm, protect, fortify
- Der Floh ist zur Blutaufnahme mit einem Saugrüssel bewehrt.
- A flea is armed with a proboscis in order to ingest blood.
- (engineering) to armor, reinforce (building materials like concrete in order to increase their solidity)
- Synonym: armieren
- bewehrter Beton ― reinforced concrete
- (obsolete, except in mit Strafe bewehren) to forbid, hinder, ward off
Conjugation
editinfinitive | bewehren | ||||
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present participle | bewehrend | ||||
past participle | bewehrt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bewehre | wir bewehren | i | ich bewehre | wir bewehren |
du bewehrst | ihr bewehrt | du bewehrest | ihr bewehret | ||
er bewehrt | sie bewehren | er bewehre | sie bewehren | ||
preterite | ich bewehrte | wir bewehrten | ii | ich bewehrte1 | wir bewehrten1 |
du bewehrtest | ihr bewehrtet | du bewehrtest1 | ihr bewehrtet1 | ||
er bewehrte | sie bewehrten | er bewehrte1 | sie bewehrten1 | ||
imperative | bewehr (du) bewehre (du) |
bewehrt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bewehren” in Duden online
- “bewehren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bewehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “bewehren” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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