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German
Etymology
From Old High German fuolen, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).
Pronunciation
Verb
fühlen (weak, third-person singular present fühlt, past tense fühlte, past participle gefühlt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to feel (a thing, sensation, emotion)
- Ich fühle den Sonnenschein auf meinem Gesicht. ― I feel the sunshine on my face.
- Ich fühle reines Glück. ― I feel sheer happiness.
- (reflexive, copulative) to feel (somehow)
- Ich fühle mich verschwitzt. ― I feel sweaty.
- Ich fühle mich glücklich. ― I feel happy.
1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 141:„Vielleicht bin ich sogar verrückt. Ich will es nicht in Abrede stellen. Aber wenn ich es bin, so fühle ich mich sehr wohl dabei. Und das ist doch die Hauptsache, nicht?“- „Maybe I am even crazy. I don't want to deny it. But if I am, I am feeling very good with it. And that is the most important thing, isn't it?“
- (transitive, intransitive) to touch so as to perceive something
- Fühl mal, wie kalt meine Hand ist. ― Feel how cold my hand is.
- (intransitive, with nach) to feel for, to search by feeling
- Er fühlte nach seinem Portmonee. ― He felt for his purse.
- (colloquial, perhaps regional) to touch (in general)
- Der Typ hat mir an den Hintern gefühlt. ― That guy touched my butt.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
fühlen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
fühlen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fühlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fühlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “fühlen” in Duden online
- “fühlen” in OpenThesaurus.de