beschirmen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German beschirmen, from Proto-West Germanic *biskirmijan. Related to Schirm (“umbrella”), compare Schutzschirm. Cognate with Dutch beschermen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beschirmen (weak, third-person singular present beschirmt, past tense beschirmte, past participle beschirmt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, higher register) to protect, to shield
- (transitive, higher register) to stretch out forming a screen
- (transitive, higher register) to put on a lampshade
- (transitive, higher register) to guard, to look after, to sentinel
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | beschirmen | ||||
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present participle | beschirmend | ||||
past participle | beschirmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beschirme | wir beschirmen | i | ich beschirme | wir beschirmen |
du beschirmst | ihr beschirmt | du beschirmest | ihr beschirmet | ||
er beschirmt | sie beschirmen | er beschirme | sie beschirmen | ||
preterite | ich beschirmte | wir beschirmten | ii | ich beschirmte1 | wir beschirmten1 |
du beschirmtest | ihr beschirmtet | du beschirmtest1 | ihr beschirmtet1 | ||
er beschirmte | sie beschirmten | er beschirmte1 | sie beschirmten1 | ||
imperative | beschirm (du) beschirme (du) |
beschirmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beschirmen” in Duden online
- “beschirmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “beschirmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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