"folgen" meaning in German

See folgen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔlɡŋ̩/, /ˈfɔlɡən/ Audio: De-folgen.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną. Doublet of followen. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|volgen}} Middle High German volgen, {{inh|de|goh|folgēn}} Old High German folgēn, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*folgēn}} Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*fulgāną}} Proto-Germanic *fulgāną, {{doublet|de|followen}} Doublet of followen Head templates: {{de-verb|<sein>}} folgen (weak, third-person singular present folgt, past tense folgte, past participle gefolgt, auxiliary sein), {{tlb|de|intransitive}} (intransitive) Inflection templates: {{de-conj|<sein>}} Forms: folgt [present, singular, third-person], folgte [past], gefolgt [participle, past], sein [auxiliary], weak [table-tags], sein [auxiliary], folgen [infinitive], folgend [participle, present], gefolgt [participle, past], folge [first-person, indicative, present, singular], folgen [first-person, indicative, plural, present], folge [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], folgen [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], folgst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], folgt [indicative, plural, present, second-person], folgest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], folget [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], folgt [indicative, present, singular, third-person], folgen [indicative, plural, present, third-person], folge [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], folgen [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], folgte [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], folgten [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], folgte [first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], folgten [first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], folgtest [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], folgtet [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], folgtest [formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], folgtet [formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], folgte [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], folgten [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], folgte [formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], folgten [formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], folg [imperative, second-person, singular], folge [imperative, second-person, singular], folgt [imperative, plural, second-person], weak [table-tags], sein [auxiliary], bin gefolgt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], sind gefolgt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], sei gefolgt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], seien gefolgt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], bist gefolgt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], seid gefolgt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], seist gefolgt [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], seiest gefolgt [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], seiet gefolgt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], ist gefolgt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], sind gefolgt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], sei gefolgt [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], seien gefolgt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], war gefolgt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], waren gefolgt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], wäre gefolgt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], wären gefolgt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], warst gefolgt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], wart gefolgt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], wärst gefolgt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], wärest gefolgt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], wärt gefolgt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], wäret gefolgt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], war gefolgt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, third-person], waren gefolgt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, third-person], wäre gefolgt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], wären gefolgt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], folgen werden [future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde folgen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden folgen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest folgen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet folgen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde folgen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden folgen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde folgen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden folgen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde folgen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden folgen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst folgen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet folgen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest folgen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet folgen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird folgen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden folgen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde folgen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden folgen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], gefolgt sein werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde gefolgt sein [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden gefolgt sein [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde gefolgt sein [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden gefolgt sein [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde gefolgt sein [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden gefolgt sein [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden gefolgt sein [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. to follow (on the same path or in a sequence) [with dative ‘someone’] Tags: intransitive, weak
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  2. to understand, to be attentive to [with dative ‘something, e.g. a book, film plot, etc.’] Tags: intransitive, weak
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  3. to follow (as a consequence), to result [with aus (+ dative) ‘from something’] Tags: intransitive, weak
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  4. to obey, to follow, to accede, to comply with [with dative ‘instructions, advice, a request, rules, the law, etc.’] Tags: intransitive, weak
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  5. (social media) to follow (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform) [with dative ‘someone, an account, etc.’] Tags: intransitive, weak Categories (topical): Social media Synonyms: followen
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: befolgen, entfolgen, erfolgen, folgend, folgsam, verfolgen Related terms: aufeinanderfolgen, nachfolgen

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "befolgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "entfolgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erfolgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "folgend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "folgsam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "verfolgen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "volgen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German volgen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "folgēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German folgēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*folgēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *folgēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fulgāną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fulgāną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "followen"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of followen",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną. Doublet of followen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "folgt",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gefolgt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folget",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgtet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgtet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bin gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sind gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sei gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bist gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seid gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seist gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiest gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiet gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ist gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sind gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sei gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waren gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wäre gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wären gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warst gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wart gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wärst gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wärest gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "volgen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German volgen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "folgēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German folgēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*folgēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *folgēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fulgāną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fulgāną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "followen"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of followen",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną. Doublet of followen.",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "gefolgt",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "sein",
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        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "folgen",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "folgend",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folget",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folge",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
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      "tags": [
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        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgten",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgtet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgtet",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bin gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sind gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sei gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bist gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seid gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seist gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiest gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiet gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ist gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sind gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sei gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seien gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waren gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wäre gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wären gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warst gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wart gefolgt",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wärst gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wärest gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wärt gefolgt",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wäret gefolgt",
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        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "war gefolgt",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waren gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wäre gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wären gefolgt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folgen werden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden folgen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest folgen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet folgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde folgen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden folgen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde folgen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden folgen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde folgen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden folgen",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst folgen",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet folgen",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest folgen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet folgen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird folgen",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden folgen",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde folgen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden folgen",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gefolgt sein werden",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gefolgt sein",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gefolgt sein",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest gefolgt sein",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gefolgt sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gefolgt sein",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gefolgt sein",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gefolgt sein",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gefolgt sein",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gefolgt sein",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gefolgt sein",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst gefolgt sein",
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        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gefolgt sein",
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      "tags": [
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        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest gefolgt sein",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet gefolgt sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird gefolgt sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gefolgt sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gefolgt sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gefolgt sein",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<sein>"
      },
      "expansion": "folgen (weak, third-person singular present folgt, past tense folgte, past participle gefolgt, auxiliary sein)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<sein>"
      },
      "name": "de-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "aufeinanderfolgen"
    },
    {
      "word": "nachfolgen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The hero followed the dragon to its cave.",
          "text": "Der Held folgte dem Drachen zu seiner Höhle."
        },
        {
          "english": "Three years later a sequel followed the first film.",
          "text": "Drei Jahre später folgte eine Fortsetzung des ersten Films."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to follow (on the same path or in a sequence)"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "dat<someone>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with dative ‘someone’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "dative",
              "‘someone’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to follow (on the same path or in a sequence) [with dative ‘someone’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I couldn't follow the plot of the film.",
          "text": "Ich konnte der Handlung des Films nicht folgen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to understand, to be attentive to"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "dat<something, e.g. a book, film plot, etc.>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with dative ‘something, e.g. a book, film plot, etc.’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "dative",
              "‘something",
              "film",
              "plot",
              "etc.’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "attentive",
          "attentive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to understand, to be attentive to [with dative ‘something, e.g. a book, film plot, etc.’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It follows that the butler did it.",
          "text": "Daraus folgt, dass der Butler es getan hat."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to follow (as a consequence), to result"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": ":aus(dat)<from something>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with aus (+ dative) ‘from something’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "aus",
              "(+",
              "dative)",
              "‘from",
              "something’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to follow (as a consequence), to result [with aus (+ dative) ‘from something’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I've decided to follow your advice.",
          "text": "Ich habe entschieden, Ihrem Rat zu folgen."
        },
        {
          "english": "The court has not acceded to the request.",
          "text": "Das Gericht ist dem Antrag nicht gefolgt."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to obey, to follow, to accede, to comply with"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "dat<instructions, advice, a request, rules, the law, etc.>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with dative ‘instructions, advice, a request, rules, the law, etc.’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "dative",
              "‘instructions",
              "advice",
              "a",
              "request",
              "rules",
              "the",
              "law",
              "etc.’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obey",
          "obey"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "accede",
          "accede"
        ],
        [
          "comply",
          "comply"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to obey, to follow, to accede, to comply with [with dative ‘instructions, advice, a request, rules, the law, etc.’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Social media"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to follow (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform)"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "dat<someone, an account, etc.>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with dative ‘someone, an account, etc.’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "dative",
              "‘someone",
              "an",
              "account",
              "etc.’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "social media",
          "social media"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "social media",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(social media) to follow (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform) [with dative ‘someone, an account, etc.’]"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "followen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔlɡŋ̩/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔlɡən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-folgen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/De-folgen.ogg/De-folgen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/De-folgen.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "folgen"
}

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