zeihen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German zīhen, from Old High German zīhan, from Proto-West Germanic *tīhan. See also zeigen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zeihen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present zeiht, past tense zieh, past participle geziehen, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, dated or higher register) to accuse, to blame [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘with/for something’]
- Synonym: (more common) bezichtigen
- Niemand kann mich einer Lüge zeihen.
- Nobody can accuse me of a lie.
- Selbst seinen Dienern traut er nicht, / zeiht seine Engel noch des Irrtums.
- Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error.
- 1787, Friedrich Schiller, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, 2. Akt, 13. Auftritt:
- Sieh, Carl, / Wenn du verirrest, such' ich allemal / Die Tugend unter Hunderten zu rathen, / Die ich des Fehlers zeihen kann.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zeihen | ||||
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present participle | zeihend | ||||
past participle | geziehen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zeihe | wir zeihen | i | ich zeihe | wir zeihen |
du zeihst | ihr zeiht | du zeihest | ihr zeihet | ||
er zeiht | sie zeihen | er zeihe | sie zeihen | ||
preterite | ich zieh | wir ziehen | ii | ich ziehe1 | wir ziehen1 |
du ziehst | ihr zieht | du ziehest1 du ziehst1 |
ihr ziehet1 ihr zieht1 | ||
er zieh | sie ziehen | er ziehe1 | sie ziehen1 | ||
imperative | zeih (du) zeihe (du) |
zeiht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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