hindern
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German hindern, from Old High German hintaren. By surface analysis, hinter + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hindern (weak, third-person singular present hindert, past tense hinderte, past participle gehindert, auxiliary haben)
- to impede
- to prevent
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 162:
- Wäre Paula ernstlich gewillt gewesen, ihm zu folgen, nichts hätte sie hindern können, zur rechten Zeit dazusein. Aber sie hatte nicht gewollt, sie war nicht gekommen, sie hatte ihn im Stich gelassen.
- If Paula had been seriously willing to follow him, nothing could have prevented her to be there at the right time. But she had not wanted to, she had not come, she had abandoned him.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | hindern | ||||
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present participle | hindernd | ||||
past participle | gehindert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hindre ich hindere ich hinder |
wir hindern | i | ich hindere ich hindre |
wir hindern |
du hinderst | ihr hindert | du hinderest du hindrest |
ihr hinderet ihr hindret | ||
er hindert | sie hindern | er hindere er hindre |
sie hindern | ||
preterite | ich hinderte | wir hinderten | ii | ich hinderte1 | wir hinderten1 |
du hindertest | ihr hindertet | du hindertest1 | ihr hindertet1 | ||
er hinderte | sie hinderten | er hinderte1 | sie hinderten1 | ||
imperative | hindre (du) hinder (du) hindere (du) |
hindert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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