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fürchten

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vürhten, from Old High German furihtan. Synchronically analyzed as Furcht +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fürchten (weak, third-person singular present fürchtet, past tense fürchtete, past participle gefürchtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to fear
  2. (reflexive) to be afraid [with vor (+ dative) or (archaic) genitive ‘of something’]

Conjugation

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The second singular imperative is also fürcht' and fürcht.

Synonyms

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Further reading

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