fesseln
See also: Fesseln
German
Etymology
From Middle High German veʒʒeren, from Old High German feʒʒarōn.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɛsl̩n], [ˈfɛsəln]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: fes‧seln
Verb
fesseln (weak, third-person singular present fesselt, past tense fesselte, past participle gefesselt, auxiliary haben)
Usage notes
- 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
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
References
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “fesseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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