berichten

• IPA^(key): /bəˈrɪxtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: be‧rich‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɪxtən

From Middle Dutch berichten. Equivalent to be- +‎ richten.

berichten

1. (intransitive) to report, inform

• berichting

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

berichten

1. plural of bericht

From Middle High German berihten (“to put in order; to instruct, to lecture”), from Old High German birihten (“to make correct”); equivalent to be- +‎ richten.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈʁɪçtən/, [bəˈʁɪçtn̩]

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• Hyphenation: be‧rich‧ten

berichten (weak, third-person singular present berichtet, past tense berichtete, past participle berichtet, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to relate, to tell, to give an account of
2. to report (especially by the media or authorities) [with accusative or über (+ accusative) or von (+ dative) ‘on/about something’, along with dative ‘to someone’]

   Die Zeitungen berichteten der Welt gestern die ganze Geschichte.

   The newspapers reported the whole story to the world yesterday.

   Nachdem ich meinem Bruder davon erzählte, berichtete er mir von einer ähnlichen Erfahrung.

   After I told my brother about it he told me of a similar experience.

• Bericht

• “berichten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “berichten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “berichten” in Duden online
• “berichten” in OpenThesaurus.de