bereiten

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʁaɪ̯tn̩/, /bəˈʁaɪ̯tən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German bereiten, from Old High German bireiten. By surface analysis, bereit +‎ -en.

Verb

bereiten (weak, third-person singular present bereitet, past tense bereitete, past participle bereitet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (meals, coffee, etc.) to prepare, to make
    • 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das alte Kräuterweib von Reinhardtswalde, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 18:
      Auf einem Brettersims an der Wand standen zahlreiche Fläschchen und Büchsen, gefüllt mit Mixturen und Salben, die das Weib aus den gesammelten Heilkräutern selbst bereitete.
      On a shelf at the wall were numerous flasks and cans, filled with mixtures and ointments, which the woman prepared herself from the collected medicinal herbs.
  2. (pleasure, trouble, etc.) to give, to cause
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Etymology 2

be- +‎ reiten

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bereiten (class 1 strong, third-person singular present bereitet, past tense beritt, past participle beritten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to ride an animal (usually a horse for training)
  2. (transitive) to move around in a place (a road, an area, etc.) on an animal (usually a horse)
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Further reading

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