"begreifen" meaning in All languages combined

See begreifen on Wiktionary

Verb [German]

IPA: /bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/, [-fən], [-fn̩], [-fɱ̩] Audio: De-at-begreifen.ogg , De-begreifen.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German begrifen, from Old High German bigrīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- + greifen. Compare English begripe and Dutch begrijpen. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|begrifen}} Middle High German begrifen, {{inh|de|goh|bigrīfan}} Old High German bigrīfan, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*bigrīpan}} Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan, {{prefix|de|be|greifen}} be- + greifen Head templates: {{de-verb|begreifen<begriff,begriffen>}} begreifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present begreift, past tense begriff, past participle begriffen, auxiliary haben) Inflection templates: {{de-conj|begreifen<begriff,begriffen>}} Forms: begreift [present, singular, third-person], begriff [past], begriffen [participle, past], haben [auxiliary], strong [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], begreifen [infinitive], begreifend [participle, present], begriffen [participle, past], begreife [first-person, indicative, present, singular], begreifen [first-person, indicative, plural, present], begreife [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], begreifen [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], begreifst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], begreift [indicative, plural, present, second-person], begreifest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], begreifet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], begreift [indicative, present, singular, third-person], begreifen [indicative, plural, present, third-person], begreife [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], begreifen [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], begriff [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], begriffen [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], begriffe [first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], begriffen [first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], begriffst [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], begrifft [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], 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], begriff [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], begriffen [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], begriffe [formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], begriffen [formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], begreif [imperative, second-person, singular], begreife [imperative, second-person, singular], begreift [imperative, plural, second-person], strong [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], habe begriffen [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], haben begriffen [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], habe begriffen [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], haben begriffen [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], hast begriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], habt begriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], habest begriffen [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], habet begriffen [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hat begriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], haben begriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], habe begriffen [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], haben begriffen [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], hatte begriffen [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], hatten begriffen [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], hätte begriffen [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], hätten begriffen [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], hattest begriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], hattet begriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], hättest begriffen [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], hättet begriffen [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hatte begriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, third-person], hatten begriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, third-person], hätte begriffen [multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], hätten begriffen [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], begreifen werden [future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction], 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], werde begreifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden begreifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde begreifen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden begreifen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], 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], wirst begreifen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet begreifen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], 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], wird begreifen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden begreifen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde begreifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden begreifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], begriffen haben werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], 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], werde begriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden begriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde begriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden begriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde begriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden begriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst begriffen haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet begriffen haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest begriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet begriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird begriffen haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden begriffen haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde begriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden begriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom Tags: class-1, strong, transitive Categories (topical): Thinking Synonyms: durchdringen, einsehen, erkennen
    Sense id: en-begreifen-de-verb-38V~WIBK Disambiguation of Thinking: 25 34 41
  2. (transitive, rather formal) to understand intellectually Tags: class-1, strong, transitive Categories (topical): Thinking Synonyms (understand): verstehen, kapieren [informal]
    Sense id: en-begreifen-de-verb-nlo9Ni5a Disambiguation of Thinking: 25 34 41 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with be-, German verbs using haben as auxiliary, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 6 56 37 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with be-: 25 51 25 Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 30 43 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 66 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 60 35 Disambiguation of 'understand': 27 62 11
  3. (transitive or reflexive, rather formal) to consider (to be); to see (as) Tags: class-1, reflexive, strong, transitive Categories (topical): Thinking Synonyms: verstehen, sehen, ansehen
    Sense id: en-begreifen-de-verb-nLgSIlBk Disambiguation of Thinking: 25 34 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Begreifen, Begreifer, Begreifung, begreifend, begriffen Related terms: Begriff, angreifen, vergreifen
Synonyms: auffassen [formal], begreifen, blicken [colloquial], checken [colloquial], einleuchten [with dative ‘person understanding’], erfassen, nachvollziehen, peilen [colloquial], rallen [colloquial], raffen [colloquial], realisieren, schnallen [colloquial]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Begreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Begreifer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Begreifung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "begreifend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "begriffen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "begrifen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German begrifen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "bigrīfan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German bigrīfan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bigrīpan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "be",
        "3": "greifen"
      },
      "expansion": "be- + greifen",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German begrifen, from Old High German bigrīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- + greifen. Compare English begripe and Dutch begrijpen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "begreift",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriff",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreife",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreife",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreift",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreift",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreife",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffen",
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        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begrifft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begrifft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffe",
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        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreif",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreife",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreift",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hast begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habt begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habest begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habet begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hat begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätte begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hattest begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hattet begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättest begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättet begriffen",
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        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte begriffen",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten begriffen",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätte begriffen",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten begriffen",
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        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifen werden",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begreifen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begreifen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
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        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begreifen",
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        "future-i",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begreifen",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werde begreifen",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "indicative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde begreifen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden begreifen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begreifen",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden begreifen",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffen haben werden",
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      "tags": [
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        "future-ii",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet begriffen haben",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
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        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begriffen haben",
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        "singular",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begriffen haben",
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        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werden begriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde begriffen haben",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden begriffen haben",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet begriffen haben",
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        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest begriffen haben",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden begriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    }
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "word": "durchdringen"
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        {
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        {
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "english": "Also affected are now especially the well-educated and so far well-paid people. The ones that see themselves as solid middle class.",
          "ref": "2010, Der Spiegel, number 33/2010, page 71:",
          "text": "Betroffen sind nun vor allem auch die gutausgebildeten und bislang gutverdienenden Leute. Diejenigen, die sich als solide Mittelklasse begreifen.",
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        {
          "word": "ansehen"
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        "transitive"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/"
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      "ipa": "[-fən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-fn̩]"
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    {
      "ipa": "[-fɱ̩]"
    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "auffassen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "begreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "blicken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "einleuchten [with dative ‘person understanding’]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "erfassen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "nachvollziehen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "rallen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "raffen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "realisieren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "schnallen"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German strong verbs",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms prefixed with be-",
    "German verbs",
    "German verbs using haben as auxiliary",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    {
      "word": "Begreifen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Begreifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Begreifung"
    },
    {
      "word": "begreifend"
    },
    {
      "word": "begriffen"
    }
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        "2": "gmh",
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        "2": "goh",
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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        "2": "be",
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        "singular",
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      "expansion": "begreifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present begreift, past tense begriff, past participle begriffen, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "begreifen<begriff,begriffen>"
      },
      "name": "de-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Begriff"
    },
    {
      "word": "angreifen"
    },
    {
      "word": "vergreifen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The human mind cannot really comprehend eternity.",
          "text": "Der menschliche Verstand kann die Ewigkeit nicht wirklich begreifen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "comprehend",
          "comprehend"
        ],
        [
          "conceive",
          "conceive"
        ],
        [
          "fathom",
          "fathom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "durchdringen"
        },
        {
          "word": "einsehen"
        },
        {
          "word": "erkennen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German formal terms",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don’t understand how that could have happened.",
          "text": "Ich begreife nicht, wie das geschehen konnte.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to understand intellectually"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "rather formal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, rather formal) to understand intellectually"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German formal terms",
        "German reflexive verbs",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Also affected are now especially the well-educated and so far well-paid people. The ones that see themselves as solid middle class.",
          "ref": "2010, Der Spiegel, number 33/2010, page 71:",
          "text": "Betroffen sind nun vor allem auch die gutausgebildeten und bislang gutverdienenden Leute. Diejenigen, die sich als solide Mittelklasse begreifen.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to consider (to be); to see (as)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "rather formal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive or reflexive, rather formal) to consider (to be); to see (as)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "verstehen"
        },
        {
          "word": "sehen"
        },
        {
          "word": "ansehen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "reflexive",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-fən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-fn̩]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-fɱ̩]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-begreifen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/De-at-begreifen.ogg/De-at-begreifen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/De-at-begreifen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-begreifen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/De-begreifen.ogg/De-begreifen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/De-begreifen.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "understand",
      "word": "verstehen"
    },
    {
      "sense": "understand",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "kapieren"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "auffassen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "begreifen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "blicken"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "checken"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "einleuchten [with dative ‘person understanding’]"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "erfassen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "nachvollziehen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "peilen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "rallen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "raffen"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "realisieren"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "schnallen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "begreifen"
}

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