"begreifen" meaning in German

See begreifen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/, [-fən], [-fn̩], [-fɱ̩] Audio: De-at-begreifen.ogg [Austria], 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, {{m|en|begripe}} begripe, {{m|nl|begrijpen}} begrijpen 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, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], begriffen [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], begriffst [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], begrifft [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], begriffest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], begriffst [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], begriffet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], begrifft [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], begriff [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], begriffen [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], begriffe [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], begriffen [plural, 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 Categories (other): German verbs using haben as auxiliary Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 33 37 30
  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 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 7 53 40 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with be-: 28 43 29 Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 33 37 30 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 Categories (other): German verbs using haben as auxiliary Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 33 37 30
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 the intelligent person in the dative], erfassen, nachvollziehen, peilen [colloquial], rallen [colloquial], raffen [colloquial], realisieren, schnallen [colloquial]

Inflected forms

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        "singular"
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      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "habe begriffen",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "haben begriffen",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten begriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "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",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättet begriffen",
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "hatte begriffen",
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        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten begriffen",
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        "multiword-construction",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hätte begriffen",
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        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten begriffen",
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      "tags": [
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        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begreifen werden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begreifen",
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      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
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        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest begreifen",
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        "future-i",
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        "second-person",
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        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begreifen",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begreifen",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begreifen",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werden begreifen",
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        "future-i",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde begreifen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden begreifen",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet begreifen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest begreifen",
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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",
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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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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden begreifen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begriffen haben werden",
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        "future",
        "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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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde begriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde begriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden begriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst begriffen haben",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet begriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird begriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden begriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde begriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden begriffen haben",
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      "tags": [
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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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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Begriff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "angreifen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 34 41",
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          "name": "Thinking",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
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          "text": "Der menschliche Verstand kann die Ewigkeit nicht wirklich begreifen.",
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          "comprehend",
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        [
          "fathom",
          "fathom"
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        "(transitive) to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom"
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          "word": "durchdringen"
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        {
          "word": "erkennen"
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        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 43 29",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        {
          "english": "I don’t understand how that could have happened.",
          "text": "Ich begreife nicht, wie das geschehen konnte.",
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        }
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        "to understand intellectually"
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        {
          "_dis1": "27 62 11",
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      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 34 41",
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            "Mind",
            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
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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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to consider (to be); to see (as)"
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          "consider"
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          "see"
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        "(transitive or reflexive, rather formal) to consider (to be); to see (as)"
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        {
          "word": "verstehen"
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        {
          "word": "sehen"
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        {
          "word": "ansehen"
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        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Austria)"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "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",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "checken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:begreifen",
      "word": "einleuchten [+with the intelligent person in the dative]"
    },
    {
      "_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"
      ],
      "word": "peilen"
    },
    {
      "_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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "begreifen"
}
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  "categories": [
    "German 3-syllable words",
    "German class 1 strong verbs",
    "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 terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "German verbs",
    "German verbs using haben as auxiliary",
    "de:Thinking"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Begreifen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Begreifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Begreifung"
    },
    {
      "word": "begreifend"
    },
    {
      "word": "begriffen"
    }
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        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "begrifen"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "goh",
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        "2": "be",
        "3": "greifen"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "begripe",
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "begrijpen"
      },
      "expansion": "begrijpen",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "begreifen<begriff,begriffen>"
      },
      "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Austria)"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "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 the intelligent person in the dative]"
    },
    {
      "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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