entdecken
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German endecken, from Old High German intthecken, inthecken. Equivalent to ent- + decken.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]entdecken (weak, third-person singular present entdeckt, past tense entdeckte, past participle entdeckt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to discover, to spot, to learn for the first time
- Wir haben einen Bären im Wald entdeckt.
- We spotted a bear in the forest.
- Ich habe entdeckt, dass sie eine Invasion planen.
- I discovered that they are planning an invasion.
- (transitive, archaic) to disclose
- Synonym: offenbaren
- 1787, Friedrich Schiller, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, 3. Akt, 3. Auftritt:
- Und wißt Ihr nichts Besonders / Mir zu entdecken?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | entdecken | ||||
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present participle | entdeckend | ||||
past participle | entdeckt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich entdecke | wir entdecken | i | ich entdecke | wir entdecken |
du entdeckst | ihr entdeckt | du entdeckest | ihr entdecket | ||
er entdeckt | sie entdecken | er entdecke | sie entdecken | ||
preterite | ich entdeckte | wir entdeckten | ii | ich entdeckte1 | wir entdeckten1 |
du entdecktest | ihr entdecktet | du entdecktest1 | ihr entdecktet1 | ||
er entdeckte | sie entdeckten | er entdeckte1 | sie entdeckten1 | ||
imperative | entdeck (du) entdecke (du) |
entdeckt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “entdecken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “entdecken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “entdecken” in Duden online
- “entdecken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ent- + decken, after German entdecken.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]entdecken (third-person singular present entdeckt, past participle entdeckt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to discover
Conjugation
[edit]Regular | ||
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infinitive | entdecken | |
participle | entdeckt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | entdecken | — |
2nd singular | entdecks | entdeck |
3rd singular | entdeckt | — |
1st plural | entdecken | — |
2nd plural | entdeckt | entdeckt |
3rd plural | entdecken | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
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