erklären
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German erklæren. By surface analysis, er- + klären.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːʁən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈkleːʁən/, [-kleːɐ̯n] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: er‧klä‧ren
Verb
[edit]erklären (weak, third-person singular present erklärt, past tense erklärte, past participle erklärt, auxiliary haben)
- (ditransitive) to explain (to), to make clear (to)
- Der Lehrer erklärte (mir) die quadratische Gleichung sehr gut.
- The teacher explained the quadratic equation (to me) very well.
- to declare, assert
- Der CEO erklärte am Freitag seinen Rücktritt.
- The CEO announced his retirement on Friday.
- Die Führer der beiden Kriegsparteien erklärten einen Waffenstillstand.
- The leaders of the two warring factions declared a cease-fire.
- sich bereit erklären ― to agree, be willing (to do something), literally: "to declare oneself ready"
- 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 11:
- Und letztens, vor einem Monat, hat er mir erklärt, er würde mir auch nicht mehr mit einem Pfennig aushelfen.
- And recently, one month ago, he asserted to me that he would not even help me out with one penny anymore.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | erklären | ||||
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present participle | erklärend | ||||
past participle | erklärt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich erkläre | wir erklären | i | ich erkläre | wir erklären |
du erklärst | ihr erklärt | du erklärest | ihr erkläret | ||
er erklärt | sie erklären | er erkläre | sie erklären | ||
preterite | ich erklärte | wir erklärten | ii | ich erklärte1 | wir erklärten1 |
du erklärtest | ihr erklärtet | du erklärtest1 | ihr erklärtet1 | ||
er erklärte | sie erklärten | er erklärte1 | sie erklärten1 | ||
imperative | erklär (du) erkläre (du) |
erklärt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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