berichten

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈrɪxtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧rich‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɪxtən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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berichten

  1. (intransitive) to report, inform
Conjugation
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Conjugation of berichten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive berichten
past singular berichtte
past participle bericht
infinitive berichten
gerund berichten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bericht berichtte
2nd person sing. (jij) bericht berichtte
2nd person sing. (u) bericht berichtte
2nd person sing. (gij) bericht berichtte
3rd person singular bericht berichtte
plural berichten berichtten
subjunctive sing.1 berichte berichtte
subjunctive plur.1 berichten berichtten
imperative sing. bericht
imperative plur.1 bericht
participles berichtend bericht
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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berichten

  1. plural of bericht

German

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈʁɪçtən/, [bəˈʁɪçtn̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧rich‧ten

Verb

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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.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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