offenbaren
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]offenbaren (weak, third-person singular present offenbart, past tense offenbarte, past participle (prescribed, more frequent) offenbart or (less frequent but not uncommon) geoffenbart, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to reveal, to disclose
- (reflexive) to become evident
- (reflexive, religion) to reveal oneself
Usage notes
[edit]The past participle may or may not have the prefix ge-. The form without the prefix (offenbart) is expected according to the rules, and is also more frequent; but geoffenbart is not uncommonly seen.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | |||||
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present participle | |||||
past participle | 2 | 1||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich | wir | i | ich | wir |
du | ihr | du | ihr | ||
er | sie | er | sie | ||
preterite | ich | wir | ii | ich 3 | wir 3 |
du | ihr | du 3 | ihr 3 | ||
er | sie | er 3 | sie 3 | ||
imperative | du) (du) |
(ihr) | (
1Prescribed, more frequent.
2Less frequent but not uncommon.
3Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Prescribed, more frequent.
2Less frequent but not uncommon.
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “offenbaren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “offenbaren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “offenbaren” in Duden online
- “offenbaren” in OpenThesaurus.de