verantworten
German
Etymology
From Middle High German verantwürten, verantworten, equivalent to ver- + antworten. Cognate of Yiddish פֿאַרענטפֿערן (farentfern), Dutch verantwoorden, Afrikaans verantwoord, Luxembourgish veräntweren, West Frisian ferantwurdzje, Saterland Frisian feroantwoudje and Middle Low German vorantworden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛʁˈʔantvɔʁtən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧ant‧wor‧ten
Verb
verantworten (weak, third-person singular present verantwortet, past tense verantwortete, past participle verantwortet, auxiliary haben)
- to take responsibility (for)
- (transitive, obsolete) to answer, reply to something [to 19th c.]
- Synonym: beantworten
Conjugation
Conjugation of verantworten (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | verantworten | ||||
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present participle | verantwortend | ||||
past participle | verantwortet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verantworte | wir verantworten | i | ich verantworte | wir verantworten |
du verantwortest | ihr verantwortet | du verantwortest | ihr verantwortet | ||
er verantwortet | sie verantworten | er verantworte | sie verantworten | ||
preterite | ich verantwortete | wir verantworteten | ii | ich verantwortete1 | wir verantworteten1 |
du verantwortetest | ihr verantwortetet | du verantwortetest1 | ihr verantwortetet1 | ||
er verantwortete | sie verantworteten | er verantwortete1 | sie verantworteten1 | ||
imperative | verantwort (du) verantworte (du) |
verantwortet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verantworten (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “verantworten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verantworten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verantworten” in Duden online
- “verantworten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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