fesseln
See also: Fesseln
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German veʒʒeren, from Old High German feʒʒarōn.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fesseln (weak, third-person singular present fesselt, past tense fesselte, past participle gefesselt, auxiliary haben)
- to chain, to bind [with accusative ‘someone’, along with an (+ accusative) ‘to something’ or an (+ dative) ‘one's body parts together’]
- (figurative) to rivet (someone's attention), to captivate
Conjugation
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “fesseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading
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