anklagen

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Danish

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Noun

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anklagen

  1. definite singular of anklage

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German aneklagen. Equivalent to an- +‎ klagen.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧kla‧gen
  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌklaːɡən/, [ˈʔanˌkʰlaːɡŋ̍]

Verb

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anklagen (weak, third-person singular present klagt an, past tense klagte an, past participle angeklagt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to indict (to make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury) [with accusative ‘someone’, along with genitive or wegen (+ genitive) ‘with a crime’]
    Er wird verhaftet und wegen Mordes angeklagt.
    He is arrested and charged with murder.
    Die Staatsanwaltschaft klagt ihn des versuchten Mordes an.
    The District Attorney's Office is charging him with attempted murder.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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anklagen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of anklage