begreifen
to comprehend
- Past (Präteritum)
- begriff
- Past participle
- begriffen (haben)
Strong verb with vowel gradation i-i-i. It signifies a deep cognitive realization or grasping of an abstract concept, often used when someone connects disparate facts to form a coherent understanding. It is frequently employed with objects like the truth, a situation, or a complex idea. The verb is clearly distinguished from greifen, which literally means to physically seize or reach for something.
Conjugation
Present
- begreift
- present, singular, third-person
- begreife
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- begreifen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- begreifst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- begriff
- past
- begriffen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- begriffst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- begrifft
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- begreife
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- begreifen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- begreifest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- begreifet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- begriffe
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- begriffen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- begriffest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- begriffst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- begriffet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- begrifft
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe begriffen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben begriffen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest begriffen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet begriffen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte begriffen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten begriffen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest begriffen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet begriffen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde begreifen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden begreifen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest begreifen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet begreifen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde begreifen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden begreifen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest begreifen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet begreifen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde begriffen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden begriffen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest begriffen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet begriffen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- begreif
- imperative, second-person, singular
- begreife
- imperative, second-person, singular
- begreift
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- begriffen
- participle, past
- begreifend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- begreifen
- infinitive
Other
- habe begriffen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben begriffen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast begriffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt begriffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat begriffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte begriffen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten begriffen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest begriffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet begriffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- begreifen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde begreifen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden begreifen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst begreifen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet begreifen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird begreifen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- begriffen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde begriffen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden begriffen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst begriffen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet begriffen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird begriffen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Begreifen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong