berichten
See also: Berichten
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch berichten. Equivalent to be- + richten.
Verb edit
berichten
- (intransitive) to report, inform
Inflection edit
| Inflection of berichten (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | berichten | |||
| past singular | berichtte | |||
| past participle | bericht | |||
| infinitive | berichten | |||
| gerund | berichten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bericht | berichtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bericht | berichtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bericht | berichtte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bericht | berichtte | ||
| 3rd person singular | bericht | berichtte | ||
| plural | berichten | berichtten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | berichte | berichtte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | berichten | berichtten | ||
| imperative sing. | bericht | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bericht | |||
| participles | berichtend | bericht | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
berichten
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German berihten (“to put in order; to instruct, to lecture”), from Old High German birihten (“to make correct”); equivalent to be- + richten.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
berichten (weak, third-person singular present berichtet, past tense berichtete, past participle berichtet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to relate, to tell, to give an account of
- (ditransitive, [über (about) + accusative], [von (on)]) to report (especially by the media or authorities)
- Die Zeitungen berichteten der Welt gestern die ganze Geschichte.
- The newspapers reported the whole story to the world yesterday.
- Nachdem ich meinem Bruder davon erzählte, berichtete er mir von einer ähnlichen Erfahrung.
- After I told my brother about it he told me of a similar experience.
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | berichten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | berichtend | ||||
| past participle | berichtet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich berichte | wir berichten | i | ich berichte | wir berichten |
| du berichtest | ihr berichtet | du berichtest | ihr berichtet | ||
| er berichtet | sie berichten | er berichte | sie berichten | ||
| preterite | ich berichtete | wir berichteten | ii | ich berichtete1 | wir berichteten1 |
| du berichtetest | ihr berichtetet | du berichtetest1 | ihr berichtetet1 | ||
| er berichtete | sie berichteten | er berichtete1 | sie berichteten1 | ||
| imperative | bericht (du) berichte (du) |
berichtet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.