einleuchten
German
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle High German īnliuhten, Old High German inliuhtan; by surface analysis, ein + leuchten.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editeinleuchten (weak, third-person singular present leuchtet ein, past tense leuchtete ein, past participle eingeleuchtet, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to become clear to, to succeed to become part of someone’s understanding [with dative ‘someone’]
- 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, now rare and chiefly archaic) to make intrude as a ready consideration or pleasant idea, to instill [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘in someone’]
- Synonyms: einstrahlen, zuteil machen
Conjugation
editinfinitive | 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
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