beeilen

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German

Etymology

From be- +‎ eilen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʔaɪ̯lən/
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Verb

beeilen (weak, third-person singular present beeilt, past tense beeilte, past participle beeilt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to hurry, to hasten, to rush
    Synonyms: schnell machen, dalli machen
    Antonyms: trödeln; (regional) klüngeln; (Austria) brodeln
    Sie beeilte sich hinzuzufügen, dass ...She hastened to add that ...
    Wir beeilten uns den Gipfel zu erreichen.We hurried to reach the summit.
    Die Europäische Union beeilte sich diese Daten den amerikanischen Diensten zur Verfügung zu stellen.The European Union rushed to make this information available to the American services.

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Further reading

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