verkünden
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See also: Verkünden
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verkünden, from Old High German farkunden, from Proto-West Germanic *frakunþijan. Cognate with Old English forcȳþan, also related to Dutch verkondigen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verkünden (weak, third-person singular present verkündet, past tense verkündete, past participle verkündet, auxiliary haben)
- to proclaim, pronounce (to officially declare)
- 1995, “Der Meister”, performed by Rammstein:
- Weil der Meister uns gesandt
Verkünden wir den Untergang
Der Reiter der Boshaftigkeit
Füttert sein Geschwür aus Neid- Because the master has sent us
We proclaim the downfall
The rider of malice
Feeds his ulcer of envy
- Because the master has sent us
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verkünden | ||||
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present participle | verkündend | ||||
past participle | verkündet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verkünde | wir verkünden | i | ich verkünde | wir verkünden |
du verkündest | ihr verkündet | du verkündest | ihr verkündet | ||
er verkündet | sie verkünden | er verkünde | sie verkünden | ||
preterite | ich verkündete | wir verkündeten | ii | ich verkündete1 | wir verkündeten1 |
du verkündetest | ihr verkündetet | du verkündetest1 | ihr verkündetet1 | ||
er verkündete | sie verkündeten | er verkündete1 | sie verkündeten1 | ||
imperative | verkünd (du) verkünde (du) |
verkündet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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