längen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German lengen, from Old High German lengen, from Proto-West Germanic *langijan. By surface analysis, lang + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]längen (weak, third-person singular present längt, past tense längte, past participle gelängt, auxiliary haben)
- to lengthen, to elongate, to stretch
- Synonyms: verlängern, ausdehnen
- to delay
- Synonyms: hinausschieben, hinauszögern
- (reflexive) to become longer
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | längen | ||||
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present participle | längend | ||||
past participle | gelängt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich länge | wir längen | i | ich länge | wir längen |
du längst | ihr längt | du längest | ihr länget | ||
er längt | sie längen | er länge | sie längen | ||
preterite | ich längte | wir längten | ii | ich längte1 | wir längten1 |
du längtest | ihr längtet | du längtest1 | ihr längtet1 | ||
er längte | sie längten | er längte1 | sie längten1 | ||
imperative | läng (du) länge (du) |
längt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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