fürchten

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vürhten, from Old High German furihtan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʏʁçtən/,
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Verb

fürchten (weak, third-person singular present fürchtet, past tense fürchtete, past participle gefürchtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to fear
  2. (reflexive, with vor + dative) to be afraid (of)

Usage notes

  • In archaic usage, fürchten was construed with a genitive object instead of vor + dative.

Conjugation

The second singular imperative is also fürcht' and fürcht.

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