besiegen

to defeat

Past (Präteritum)

besiegte

Past participle

besiegt (haben)

Regular weak verb using haben. It expresses overcoming an adversary or a significant challenge through effort or skill. Frequently used in contexts of war, sports, or personal struggles against adversity. Do not confuse with physical siegen, which is intransitive and requires a prepositional object for the opponent, whereas besiegen is strictly transitive taking an accusative object representing the defeated party or goal.

Conjugation

Present

besiege

first-person, form-of, present, singular

besiegt

indicative, present, singular, third-person

besiegen

indicative, plural, present, third-person

besiegst

indicative, present, second-person, singular

besieg

colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular

Past

besiegte

past

besiegten

first-person, indicative, plural, preterite

besiegtest

indicative, preterite, second-person, singular

besiegtet

indicative, plural, preterite, second-person

Subjunctive

besiege

first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person

besiegen

first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

besiegest

second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

besieget

plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

besiegte

first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

besiegten

first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

besiegtest

formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

besiegtet

formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

habe besiegt

first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive

haben besiegt

first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive

habest besiegt

multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive

habet besiegt

multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive

hätte besiegt

first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive

hätten besiegt

first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive

hättest besiegt

multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive

hättet besiegt

multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive

werde besiegen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werden besiegen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdest besiegen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdet besiegen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

würde besiegen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würden besiegen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würdest besiegen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würdet besiegen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

werde besiegt haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werden besiegt haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdest besiegt haben

future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdet besiegt haben

future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

würde besiegt haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würden besiegt haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

Imperative

besiege

form-of, imperative, singular

besieg

imperative, second-person, singular

besiegt

imperative, plural, second-person

Participle

besiegt

participle, past

besiegend

participle, present

Infinitive

besiegen

infinitive

Other

habe besiegt

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular

haben besiegt

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural

hast besiegt

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular

habt besiegt

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person

hat besiegt

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person

hatte besiegt

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular

hatten besiegt

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural

hattest besiegt

indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular

hattet besiegt

indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person

besiegen werden

future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction

werde besiegen

first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular

werden besiegen

first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural

wirst besiegen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular

werdet besiegen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person

wird besiegen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person

besiegt haben werden

future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction

werde besiegt haben

first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular

werden besiegt haben

first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural

wirst besiegt haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular

werdet besiegt haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person

wird besiegt haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person

Besiegen

form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong

Besieger

agent, form-of, masculine, strong

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