fordern

See also: fördern

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German vodern/vordern, from Old High German fordarōn. More at vorder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁdəʁn/, [ˈfɔɐ̯dɐn]
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  • Hyphenation: for‧dern

Verb

fordern (weak, third-person singular present fordert, past tense forderte, past participle gefordert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to demand, ask
  2. (transitive) to claim
  3. (transitive) to require
    Die schwersten Entscheidungen fordern den stärksten Willen.
    The most difficult decisions require the strongest wills.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to challenge

Conjugation

Note: Forms with dropped e are also spelled with an apostrophe, e.g. ford’re instead of fordre and fordere.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • fordern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fordern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • fordern” in Duden online
  • fordern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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