bereuen

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

German

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle High German beriuwen, from Old High German biriuwēn, bihriuwēn. By surface analysis, be- +‎ reuen.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʁɔʏ̯ən/, [bəˈʁɔʏ̯n]
  • Hyphenation: be‧reu‧en
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

[edit]

bereuen (weak, third-person singular present bereut, past tense bereute, past participle bereut, auxiliary haben)

  1. to regret, to rue
    Synonyms: bedauern, leidtun

Conjugation

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • bereuen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bereuen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bereuen” in Duden online
  • bereuen” in OpenThesaurus.de