führen
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfyːʁən/, [ˈfyːʁən], [ˈfyːɐn] (standard)
- IPA(key): /fyːɐ̯n/, /fʏɐ̯n/ (common speech)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: füh‧ren
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German vüeren, from Old High German fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną, originally the causative of faran (“to proceed”).
Verb
[edit]führen (weak, third-person singular present führt, past tense führte, past participle geführt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to lead
- (transitive, formal) to carry, to sell
- Der Laden führt keine Zigaretten. ― The shop doesn't carry cigarettes.
- (transitive) to conduct some activity or process, to hold (a discussion, a negotiation), to have (a conversation), to lead (one's life), to wage (a war or campaign), to fight (a war)
- Regie führen ― to direct (a film)
- 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 108:
- Unsere Unterredung wurde jetzt im leichten Plauderton geführt wie ein harmloses Gespräch unter guten Bekannten.
- Our discussion was now held in a light conversational tone like a harmless chat between friendly acquaintances.
- 2022 January 3, Tagesanzeiger, “Verbreitung von Atomwaffen soll verhindert werden":
- «Ein Atomkrieg kann nicht gewonnen werden und darf nie geführt werden», erklärten die fünf ständigen Mitglieder des UNO-Sicherheitsrates.
- "A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought," the five permanent members of the UN Security Council declared.
- (transitive) to wield (a weapon)
- Die Heldin führte ein mächtiges Schwert. ― The heroine wielded a mighty sword.
- (transitive) to operate (a vehicle)
- (transitive, chiefly Austria, Bavaria, dated everywhere else) to drive someone; to transport someone or something
- (reflexive) to behave oneself, to conduct oneself (of prisoner, student or other person under supervision)
- (intransitive) (of an athlete or sports team) to be in the lead
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | führen | ||||
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present participle | führend | ||||
past participle | geführt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich führe | wir führen | i | ich führe | wir führen |
du führst | ihr führt | du führest | ihr führet | ||
er führt | sie führen | er führe | sie führen | ||
preterite | ich führte | wir führten | ii | ich führte1 | wir führten1 |
du führtest | ihr führtet | du führtest1 | ihr führtet1 | ||
er führte | sie führten | er führte1 | sie führten1 | ||
imperative | führ (du) führe (du) |
führt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- abführen
- anführen
- aufführen
- ausführen
- durchführen
- einführen
- entführen
- entlangführen
- Führer
- Führerschein
- heimführen
- herabführen
- heranführen
- heraufführen
- herausführen
- herbeiführen
- hereinführen
- herführen
- herüberführen
- herumführen
- herunterführen
- hinabführen
- hinaufführen
- hinausführen
- hineinführen
- hinführen
- hinüberführen
- hinunterführen
- irreführen
- mitführen
- nasführen
- überführen
- unterführen
- verführen
- vollführen
- vorbeiführen
- vorführen
- vorüberführen
- wegführen
- weiterführen
- zuführen
- zurückführen
- zusammenführen
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]führen
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