German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German vürhten, from Old High German furihtan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʏʁçtən/, [ˈfʏɐ̯çtn̩]
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Verb edit

fürchten (weak, third-person singular present fürchtet, past tense fürchtete, past participle gefürchtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to fear
  2. (reflexive, with vor + dative) to be afraid (of)

Usage notes edit

  • In archaic usage, fürchten was construed with a genitive object instead of vor + dative.

Conjugation edit

The second singular imperative is also fürcht' and fürcht.

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