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See also: Beschatten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German beschatewen, beschetwen, from Old High German biskatawen, from Proto-West Germanic *biskadwijan. Equivalent to be- + schatten. Cognates include Dutch beschaduwen and English beshadow.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beschatten (weak, third-person singular present beschattet, past tense beschattete, past participle beschattet, auxiliary haben)
- (chiefly solemn or poetic) to shadow, beshade (give shade, cast a shadow over)
- Synonyms: Schatten spenden, Schatten werfen, überschatten
- (figurative) to shadow (secretly follow and observe)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | beschatten | ||||
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present participle | beschattend | ||||
past participle | beschattet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beschatte | wir beschatten | i | ich beschatte | wir beschatten |
du beschattest | ihr beschattet | du beschattest | ihr beschattet | ||
er beschattet | sie beschatten | er beschatte | sie beschatten | ||
preterite | ich beschattete | wir beschatteten | ii | ich beschattete1 | wir beschatteten1 |
du beschattetest | ihr beschattetet | du beschattetest1 | ihr beschattetet1 | ||
er beschattete | sie beschatteten | er beschattete1 | sie beschatteten1 | ||
imperative | beschatt (du) beschatte (du) |
beschattet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beschatten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “beschatten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “beschatten” in Duden online
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