See also: Befehlen

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bevelhen, from Old High German bifelahan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifelhan. Related to German empfehlen (recommend, advocate), but not German fehlen (to be missing).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈfeːln/, /bəˈfeːlən/
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Verb

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befehlen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present befiehlt, past tense befahl, past participle befohlen, past subjunctive befähle, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to command; to order (someone to do something)
  2. (intransitive) to give orders; to be in command
  3. (dated) to entrust

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See also

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Further reading

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  • befehlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • befehlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • befehlen” in Duden online
  • befehlen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German bevēlen, from Old Saxon bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifelhan.

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Verb

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befehlen (third-person singular simple present befehlt, past tense befohl, past participle befahlen, auxiliary verb wesen)

  1. To order, command.

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