verpflichten
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German verphlichten. Cognate with Dutch verplichten. Equivalent to ver- + pflichten. Also analysable as ver- + Pflicht (“duty”) + -en.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editverpflichten (weak, third-person singular present verpflichtet, past tense verpflichtete, past participle verpflichtet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to oblige someone, make someone promise
- (transitive) to commit, to oblige
- (transitive) to oblige, to swear, to be sworn
- (transitive) to engage
- (intransitive, law) to bind someone by contract, to oblige someone
- (intransitive) to be an obligation
- (reflexive) to undertake (to commit oneself to an obligation)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verpflichten | ||||
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present participle | verpflichtend | ||||
past participle | verpflichtet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verpflichte | wir verpflichten | i | ich verpflichte | wir verpflichten |
du verpflichtest | ihr verpflichtet | du verpflichtest | ihr verpflichtet | ||
er verpflichtet | sie verpflichten | er verpflichte | sie verpflichten | ||
preterite | ich verpflichtete | wir verpflichteten | ii | ich verpflichtete1 | wir verpflichteten1 |
du verpflichtetest | ihr verpflichtetet | du verpflichtetest1 | ihr verpflichtetet1 | ||
er verpflichtete | sie verpflichteten | er verpflichtete1 | sie verpflichteten1 | ||
imperative | verpflicht (du) verpflichte (du) |
verpflichtet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “verpflichten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verpflichten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verpflichten” in Duden online
- “verpflichten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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