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befinden

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bevinden, from Old High German bifindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifinþan. Equivalent to be- +‎ finden.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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befinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present befindet, past tense befand, past participle befunden, past subjunctive befände, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to occupy a place; to be located; to be situated
    Der Tresor befindet sich hinter dem Bild im Wohnzimmer.
    The safe is situated behind the picture in the living room.
  2. (transitive, formal) to find, to consider, to deem [with es and dass (+ clause) ‘a proposition to be true’ , or else accusative ‘something/someone’ and für (+ adjectival) ‘to be a certain way’]
    Ich befinde Sie eines Mordes für schuldig
    I find you guilty of murder.
    Er befand es für nötig, das früh am Morgen zu machen.
    He felt it necessary to do it early in the morning.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • befinden”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • befinden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • befinden” in Duden online
  • befinden” in OpenThesaurus.de