vermögen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vermügen, vermugen, from Old High German firmugan, firmagan, from Proto-West Germanic *framagan. Equivalent to ver- + mögen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]vermögen (preterite-present, third-person singular present vermag, past tense vermochte, past participle vermocht, past subjunctive vermöchte, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to be able to; may [with zu (+ infinitive)]
- Das vermag ich nicht zu machen.
- I'm not able to do that.
- (transitive) to cause, to force, to impel [with accusative ‘someone’ and zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
- Synonyms: veranlassen, bewegen, bemüßigen, anmüßigen
- 1792, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Gränzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen[1], Breslau: Eduard Trewendt, published 1851, page 129:
- Je weniger der Mensch anders zu handeln vermocht wird, als sein Wille verlangt, oder seine Kraft ihm erlaubt, desto günstiger ist seine Lage im Staat.
- The less man is impelled to act asunder from what his will seeks or what his powers allow, the more favorable is his position in the state.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of vermögen (preterite-present, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | vermögen | ||||
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present participle | vermögend | ||||
past participle | vermocht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich vermag | wir vermögen | i | ich vermöge | wir vermögen |
du vermagst | ihr vermögt | du vermögest | ihr vermöget | ||
er vermag | sie vermögen | er vermöge | sie vermögen | ||
preterite | ich vermochte | wir vermochten | ii | ich vermöchte1 | wir vermöchten1 |
du vermochtest | ihr vermochtet | du vermöchtest1 | ihr vermöchtet1 | ||
er vermochte | sie vermochten | er vermöchte1 | sie vermöchten1 | ||
imperative | — | — |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of vermögen (preterite-present, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vermögen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vermögen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “vermögen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vermögen” in Duden online
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