begegnen
to encounter
- Past (Präteritum)
- begegnete
- Past participle
- begegnet (sein)
Regular weak verb that takes the auxiliary sein as it describes a change in state regarding contact. It is used exclusively with the dative case to indicate whom one meets. It is primarily used for accidental or unplanned encounters between people. This verb should not be confused with the unrelated and archaic begegnen that historically could take an accusative object in older literary German texts.
Conjugation
Present
- begegnet
- present, singular, third-person
- begegne
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- begegnen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- begegnest
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- begegnete
- past
- begegneten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- begegnetest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- begegnetet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- begegne
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- begegnen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- begegnest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- begegnet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- begegnete
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- begegneten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- begegnetest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- begegnetet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sei begegnet
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- seien begegnet
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seist begegnet
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest begegnet
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiet begegnet
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäre begegnet
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wären begegnet
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wärst begegnet
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest begegnet
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärt begegnet
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret begegnet
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde begegnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden begegnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest begegnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet begegnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde begegnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden begegnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest begegnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet begegnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde begegnet sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden begegnet sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest begegnet sein
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- begegne
- imperative, second-person, singular
- begegnet
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- begegnet
- participle, past
- begegnend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- begegnen
- infinitive
Other
- sind begegnet
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person
- bin begegnet
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- bist begegnet
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- seid begegnet
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- ist begegnet
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- war begegnet
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- waren begegnet
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- warst begegnet
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- wart begegnet
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- begegnen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde begegnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden begegnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst begegnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet begegnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird begegnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- begegnet sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde begegnet sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden begegnet sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst begegnet sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet begegnet sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird begegnet sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Begegnen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
- encounters
- misspelling of begegnet