be Flashcards
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beachten
To note; notice; observe To mind; heed
beanspruchen
To note; notice; observe To mind; heed
beantragen
to apply for to request; to propose
bedenken
(transitive) to bethink (transitive) to think of; to make up (reflexive) to reconsider; to change ones mind
bedeuten
to mean; to signify
bedienen
to be of assistance to someone to serve someone at a restaurant to operate a device (Roman Catholicism) to administer the last sacraments to someone
beenden
plural past indicative and subjunctive of benen
befolgen
To observe; follow (orders etc); to comply with or abide by
befragen
to question; to interview; to interrogate
befriedigen
to question; to interview; to interrogate
befummeln
to feel up; to cop a feel
begehen
(transitive) To commit; perpetrate (a crime; an offense).
begraben
(burial) to bury (also figuratively)
begreifen
(transitive) to understand; comprehend; realize; grasp Ich kann die Komplexitaet davon nicht begreifen . I can’t grasp the complexity of it. to see 2010; Der Spiegel; : Betroffen sind nun vor allem auch die gutausgebildeten und bislang gutverdienenden Leute. Diejenigen; die sich als solide Mittelklasse begreifen. Also affected are now especially the well-educated and so far well-paid people. The ones that see themselves as solid middle class. Above can be understood as the Germans using ‘to understand’ in the case of ‘The ones that understand themselves as solid middle class’ rather than having them ‘see’ themselves that way. This may be a better way of understanding usage if one is trying to learn the German language and may help keep straight when to use various forms of ‘sehen’ (which would not be used here) and when not.
begrenzen
to demarcate; limit to neighbor
begruessen
to welcome
Begruessung
greeting
behalten
to keep
behandeln
to treat (medicinally) Der Arzt behandelte mich. The physician treated me. to treat (physically; psychologically) Ich habe dich immer gut behandelt. I always treated you well.
behueten
to protect
beinhalten
To contain To comprise To include
bejahen
to affirm; approve; answer something in the affirmative
bekennen
to acknowledge; confess
beklagen
(transitive) to lament; grieve (reflexive; beklagen over) to complain about