beugen
/ˈbɔʏ̯ɡən/ verb B2- to bend something, to bow something · das Knie beugen to bend one’s knee· das Recht beugen to bend the law
- to bend; to bend over; to bow · Er beugt sich, um durch die Luke zu passen. He bends over to pass through the hatch.
- to give in to; to cease to resist or disagree with · Er musste sich der Mehrheit beugen. He had to give in to the majority.
- to inflect; to decline, conjugate, etc. · Fast alle deutschen Maskulina auf -e werden schwach gebeugt. Virtually all German masculines in -e are inflected according to the weak declension.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- beugen
- Present (er)
- beugt
- Präteritum (er)
- beugte
- Perfekt (er)
- hat gebeugt
- Infinitive with zu
- zu beugen
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
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