widersprechen
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See also: Widersprechen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German widersprechen, from Old High German widarsprechan, widarsprehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþrasprekan, equivalent to wider- + sprechen. Related to English withspeak.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]widersprechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present widerspricht, past tense widersprach, past participle widersprochen, past subjunctive widerspräche, auxiliary haben)
- to object
- to contradict
- (reflexive) to be contradictory
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | widersprechen | ||||
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present participle | widersprechend | ||||
past participle | widersprochen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich widerspreche | wir widersprechen | i | ich widerspreche | wir widersprechen |
du widersprichst | ihr widersprecht | du widersprechest | ihr widersprechet | ||
er widerspricht | sie widersprechen | er widerspreche | sie widersprechen | ||
preterite | ich widersprach | wir widersprachen | ii | ich widerspräche1 | wir widersprächen1 |
du widersprachst | ihr widerspracht | du widersprächest1 du widersprächst1 |
ihr widersprächet1 ihr widersprächt1 | ||
er widersprach | sie widersprachen | er widerspräche1 | sie widersprächen1 | ||
imperative | widersprich (du) | widersprecht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “widersprechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “widersprechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “widersprechen” in Duden online
- “widersprechen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- “widersprechen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- German terms prefixed with wider-
- German 4-syllable words
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