klären

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German klæren; from klar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛːʁən/, [ˈkʰlɛːɐ̯n] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkleːʁən/, [ˈkʰleːɐ̯n] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: klä‧ren

Verb

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klären (weak, third-person singular present klärt, past tense klärte, past participle geklärt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to clarify, to clear up (an issue or misunderstanding), to fill in unknown details, to resolve, to sort out (a problem or a question)
    Du musst diese Frage für dich klären.
    You have to sort out that question for youself.
  2. (transitive) to clarify, to remove (visible contaminants)
  3. (sports, soccer) to clear (kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
  4. (reflexive) to become clear
    Der Himmel klärte sich und die Sonne schien.
    The sky cleared and the sun was shining.
  5. (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) to seduce, to wrap around one's little finger as a sex object
    Synonyms: klarmachen, um den Finger wickeln
    Wir fahren in die Stadt, Chayas klären.
    We are on a ride into the city to score some kweng.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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