brinnen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German brinnen, from Old High German brinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *brinnan. More at burn.
Verb
brinnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present brinnt, past tense brann, past participle gebronnen or gebrunnen, past subjunctive bränne, auxiliary haben)
Usage notes
- Intransitive brinnen (“be on fire, be burnt”) was originally distinguished from transitive brennen (“set on fire, cause to be burnt”). By Early Modern German times, however, this distinction was already chiefly restricted to southern regions, in some of which it survives dialectally to this day (cf. Bavarian brinna). In Modern Standard German, brinnen is obsolete and, in fact, the originally transitive simplex brennen has now become almost exclusively intransitive.
Conjugation
Conjugation of brinnen (class 3 strong, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | brinnen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | brinnend | ||||
| past participle | gebronnen gebrunnen | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich brinne | wir brinnen | i | ich brinne | wir brinnen |
| du brinnst | ihr brinnt | du brinnest | ihr brinnet | ||
| er brinnt | sie brinnen | er brinne | sie brinnen | ||
| preterite | ich brann | wir brannen | ii | ich bränne1 | wir brännen1 |
| du brannst | ihr brannt | du brännest1 du brännst1 |
ihr brännet1 ihr brännt1 | ||
| er brann | sie brannen | er bränne1 | sie brännen1 | ||
| imperative | brinn (du) brinne (du) |
brinnt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of brinnen (class 3 strong, auxiliary haben)
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