begeistern
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɡaɪ̯stɐn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧geis‧tern
Verb
begeistern (weak, third-person singular present begeistert, past tense begeisterte, past participle begeistert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to fill with enthusiasm, to enthuse, to thrill
- (reflexive) to be enthusiastic, to enthuse (about something: für + accusative)
Conjugation
Conjugation of begeistern (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | begeistern | ||||
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present participle | begeisternd | ||||
past participle | begeistert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich begeistre ich begeistere ich begeister |
wir begeistern | i | ich begeistere ich begeistre |
wir begeistern |
du begeisterst | ihr begeistert | du begeisterest du begeistrest |
ihr begeisteret ihr begeistret | ||
er begeistert | sie begeistern | er begeistere er begeistre |
sie begeistern | ||
preterite | ich begeisterte | wir begeisterten | ii | ich begeisterte1 | wir begeisterten1 |
du begeistertest | ihr begeistertet | du begeistertest1 | ihr begeistertet1 | ||
er begeisterte | sie begeisterten | er begeisterte1 | sie begeisterten1 | ||
imperative | begeistre (du) begeister (du) begeistere (du) |
begeistert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of begeistern (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “begeistern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “begeistern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “begeistern” in Duden online
- “begeistern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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