feien
Catalan
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Fei (Fey) (obsolete variant of Fee (“fairy”)) + -en, implying invincibility by magic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faɪ̯ən/
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Verb
feien (weak, third-person singular present feit, past tense feite, past participle gefeit, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, higher register) to protect, to shield
- 1862, Deutobold Symbolizetti Allegoriowitsch Mystifizinsky [pseudonym; Friedrich Theodor Vischer], Faust. Der Tragödie dritter Teil, 1. Akt, 4. Auftritt:
- War keine Kunst, dein Degen war gefeit,
Der meine nicht, doch jetzt ist andre Zeit!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1963 [1947], Anna Seghers [pseudonym; Anna Reiling], Transit, Luchterhand, page 198:
- Der Kummer, von welcher Art er auch sein mag, verwundet nicht nur, er feit einen auch gegen vieles.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
infinitive | feien | ||||
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present participle | feiend | ||||
past participle | gefeit | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich feie | wir feien | i | ich feie | wir feien |
du feist | ihr feit | du feiest | ihr feiet | ||
er feit | sie feien | er feie | sie feien | ||
preterite | ich feite | wir feiten | ii | ich feite1 | wir feiten1 |
du feitest | ihr feitet | du feitest1 | ihr feitet1 | ||
er feite | sie feiten | er feite1 | sie feiten1 | ||
imperative | fei (du) feie (du) |
feit (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
Further reading
- “feien” in Duden online
- “feien” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “feien” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “gefeit”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 251
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English fēġan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfæi̯ən/
Conjugation
Conjugation of feien (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) feien, feie | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | feie | feied | |
2nd-person singular | feiest | feiedest | |
3rd-person singular | feieth | feied | |
subjunctive singular | feie | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | feien, feie | feieden, feiede | |
imperative plural | feieth, feie | — | |
participles | feiynge, feiende | feied, yfeied |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “feien, v.1”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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