bangen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bangen, pangen, from Middle High German bange (“fear”). Compare Middle High German angen (“to fear”). More at bang.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bangen (weak, third-person singular present bangt, past tense bangte, past participle gebangt, auxiliary haben)
- to feel dread or fear, especially for someone else without being able to do something about it.
- Sie bangte um sein Leben.
- She feared for his life.
- 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten[1] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
- Die Menschen wurden geboren und breiteten sich über die Erde aus; sie hofften und verzweifelten, bangten und freuten sich ihres Lebens, verlangten nach Macht, nach Reichtum, nach Ruhm, liebten und haßten, halfen einander und töteten einander.
- People were born and spread out across the Earth; they hoped and they despaired, dreaded and rejoiced for their lives, yearned for power, for wealth, for fame, they loved and they hated, helped each other and killed each other.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bangen | ||||
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present participle | bangend | ||||
past participle | gebangt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bange | wir bangen | i | ich bange | wir bangen |
du bangst | ihr bangt | du bangest | ihr banget | ||
er bangt | sie bangen | er bange | sie bangen | ||
preterite | ich bangte | wir bangten | ii | ich bangte1 | wir bangten1 |
du bangtest | ihr bangtet | du bangtest1 | ihr bangtet1 | ||
er bangte | sie bangten | er bangte1 | sie bangten1 | ||
imperative | bang (du) bange (du) |
bangt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bangen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bangen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “bangen” in Duden online
- “bangen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- “bangen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Maranao
[edit]Noun
[edit]bangen
Verb
[edit]bangen
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