begreifen
A2#1,588Hear it
verb
- to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom
- to understand intellectually
- to considerto be); to see (as
Forms
Present
| I | begreife |
|---|---|
| you | begreifst |
| he, she, it | begreift |
| we | begreifen |
| you (plural) | begreift |
| they | begreifen |
Preterite
| I | begriff |
|---|---|
| you | begriffst |
| he, she, it | begriff |
| we | begriffen |
| you (plural) | begrifft |
| they | begriffen |
Subjunctive I
| I | begreife |
|---|---|
| you | begreifest |
| he, she, it | begreife |
| we | begreifen |
| you (plural) | begreifet |
| they | begreifen |
Subjunctive II
| I | begriffe |
|---|---|
| you | begriffest / begriffst |
| he, she, it | begriffe |
| we | begriffen |
| you (plural) | begriffet / begrifft |
| they | begriffen |
Imperative
| you | begreif / begreife |
|---|---|
| you (plural) | begreift |
Other forms
| infinitive | begreifen |
|---|---|
| past participle | begriffen |
| present participle | begreifend |
Used in the library
- Er begreift nicht, warum er hier keine Zigarette rauchen darf.He doesn't understand why he can't smoke a cigarette here.A2Noch einmal, bitte (2) — Once more, please (2) (A2)
- Nina braucht einen Moment, um das zu begreifen: Sie ist erst seit einem halben Jahr da.Nina needs a moment to take it in: she's only been there for half a year.A2Nina und die Wahl — Nina and the election (A2)
- „Nein", sagte die Königin, „ich habe nur begriffen, dass jeder Mensch sich ändern kann.""No," said the queen, "I've only understood that every person can change."A2Der Verräter kehrt zurück — The traitor returns (A2)
- Die Dimension des Handels begreift Mert, ein Student aus Hamburg, erst im Museum: Die Hanse reichte von London bis Nowgorod.Mert, a student from Hamburg, only grasps the scale of the trade in the museum: the Hanseatic League reached from London to Novgorod.B2Noch einmal, bitte (28) — Once more, please (28) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- ansehento look at, to have a look at (taking in information in doing so); to look at (especially a person; implying eye contact or direction of gaze without analyzing)
- auffassento understand (something as, or in a certain way), to interpret, consider; to understand, comprehend, grasp
- behirnento understand, to grasp
- blickento look (usually in a certain direction toward something); to get, to understand
- checkento check (up), to inspect, examine; to grasp, to understand
- durchdringento penetrate, permeate; to pervade, imbue
- einsehento gain insight into, comprehend, understand, recognize, realize, accept, convince oneself; to examine, to see into, to inspect, to look closely at
- erfassento grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands); to collide with, to crash into, to run over (especially of vehicles colliding with people, animals or movable objects)