fesseln
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See also: Fesseln
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German veʒʒeren, from Old High German feʒʒarōn.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fesseln (weak, third-person singular present fesselt, past tense fesselte, past participle gefesselt, auxiliary haben)
- to chain, to bind
- Er fesselte ihn an den Händen.
- He tied his hands.
- Er fesselte ihn an den Stuhl.
- He tied him to the chair.
- to rivet (someone's attention), to captivate
Usage notes[edit]
- When a person's body parts (e.g. hands or feet) are tied together 'an' takes the dative.
- When a person is tied to another object or being 'an' most commonly takes the accusative.
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | fesseln | ||||
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present participle | fesselnd | ||||
past participle | gefesselt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fessle ich fessele ich fessel |
wir fesseln | i | ich fessele ich fessle |
wir fesseln |
du fesselst | ihr fesselt | du fesselest du fesslest |
ihr fesselet ihr fesslet | ||
er fesselt | sie fesseln | er fessele er fessle |
sie fesseln | ||
preterite | ich fesselte | wir fesselten | ii | ich fesselte1 | wir fesselten1 |
du fesseltest | ihr fesseltet | du fesseltest1 | ihr fesseltet1 | ||
er fesselte | sie fesselten | er fesselte1 | sie fesselten1 | ||
imperative | fessle (du) fessel (du) fessele (du) |
fesselt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “fesseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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