befehlen

From Middle High German bevelhen, from Old High German bifelahan, bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifelhan. Related to German empfehlen (“recommend, advocate”), but not German fehlen (“to be missing”).

• IPA^(key): /bəˈfeːln/, /bəˈfeːlən/

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befehlen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present befiehlt, past tense befahl, past participle befohlen, past subjunctive befähle, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to command; to order (someone to do something)
2. (intransitive) to give orders; to be in command
3. (dated) to entrust

• Befehlen
• Befehl
• Befehlung
• befehlend
• befohlen

• befehligen

• anweisen

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

From Middle Low German bevēlen, from Old Saxon bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifelhan.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈfeːlən/

befehlen (third-person singular simple present befehlt, past tense befohl, past participle befahlen, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. To order, command.

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