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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German grîfen, from Old High German grīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]greifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present greift, past tense griff, past participle gegriffen, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to grab; to grasp; to grip (something)
- (transitive) to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way)
- (intransitive) to reach; to grab
- an etwas greifen ― to touch something (literally, “to grab onto something”)
- nach etwas greifen ― to reach for something
- zu etwas greifen ― to reach for something
- in etwas greifen ― to reach into something
- (transitive) to capture (someone)
- (transitive, music, chords) to strike
- Synonym: anschlagen
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 14:
- Er begab sich ins Klavierzimmer, griff ein paar Akkorde auf dem verstimmten Flügel, verließ aber bald wieder den Raum, [...]
- He went to the piano room, struck a few chords on the out-of-tune grand piano, but soon left the room again, [...]
- (intransitive) to take hold; to bite
- Trotz des schlechten Wetters griffen die Reifen hervorragend ― The tires did bite perfectly despite the bad weather.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | greifen | ||||
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present participle | greifend | ||||
past participle | gegriffen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich greife | wir greifen | i | ich greife | wir greifen |
du greifst | ihr greift | du greifest | ihr greifet | ||
er greift | sie greifen | er greife | sie greifen | ||
preterite | ich griff | wir griffen | ii | ich griffe1 | wir griffen1 |
du griffst | ihr grifft | du griffest1 du griffst1 |
ihr griffet1 ihr grifft1 | ||
er griff | sie griffen | er griffe1 | sie griffen1 | ||
imperative | greif (du) greife (du) |
greift (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- abgreifen
- angreifen
- aufgreifen
- ausgreifen
- begreifen
- Beutegreifer
- durchgreifen
- eingreifen
- ergreifen
- gegriffen
- greifbar
- Greifen
- greifend
- Greifvogel
- Griff
- herabgreifen
- heraufgreifen
- herausgreifen
- hereingreifen
- hergreifen
- herübergreifen
- heruntergreifen
- hinabgreifen
- hinaufgreifen
- hinausgreifen
- hineingreifen
- hingreifen
- hintergreifen
- hinübergreifen
- hinuntergreifen
- übergreifen
- um sich greifen
- umgreifen
- untergreifen
- vergreifen
- vorgreifen
- zugreifen
- zurückgreifen
Related terms
[edit]- Grips m
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