einleuchten
German edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle High German īnliuhten, Old High German inliuhtan; by surface analysis, ein + leuchten.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
einleuchten (weak, third-person singular present leuchtet ein, past tense leuchtete ein, past participle eingeleuchtet, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, with dative) to become clear, to succeed to become part of someone’s understanding
- Das leuchtet mir ein. ― This makes sense to me.
- Es will mir nicht recht einleuchten, dass […] ― It is difficult for me to accept that […]
- Es will mir durchaus nicht einleuchten. ― I cannot make any sense out of it.
- (transitive, with dative, now rare and chiefly archaic) to make intrude as a ready consideration or pleasant idea, to instil
- Synonyms: einstrahlen, zuteil machen
Conjugation edit
| infinitive | einleuchten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | einleuchtend | ||||
| past participle | eingeleuchtet | ||||
| zu-infinitive | einzuleuchten | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | — | — | i | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es leuchtet ein | — | es leuchte ein | — | ||
| preterite | — | — | ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es leuchtete ein | — | es leuchtete ein1 | — | ||
| imperative | — | — | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | — | — | i | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| dass es einleuchtet | — | dass es einleuchte | — | ||
| preterite | — | — | ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| dass es einleuchtete | — | dass es einleuchtete1 | — | ||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
| perfect | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hat eingeleuchtet | — | es habe eingeleuchtet | — | ||
| pluperfect | |||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hatte eingeleuchtet | — | es hätte eingeleuchtet | — | ||
| future i | |||||
| infinitive | einleuchten werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
| — | — | ||||
| es werde einleuchten | — | ||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es wird einleuchten | — | es würde einleuchten | — | ||
| future ii | |||||
| infinitive | eingeleuchtet haben werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
| — | — | ||||
| es werde eingeleuchtet haben | — | ||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es wird eingeleuchtet haben | — | es würde eingeleuchtet haben | — | ||
Further reading edit
- “einleuchten” in Duden online
- “einleuchten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache