interpretieren
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French interpréter -ieren, from Old French enterpreter, from Latin interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]interpretieren (weak, third-person singular present interpretiert, past tense interpretierte, past participle interpretiert, auxiliary haben)
- to interpret (to explain or tell the meaning of; to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- Die Geschichte kann auf verschiedene Weise interpretiert werden.
- The story can be interpreted in several ways.
- (music) to perform
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | interpretieren | ||||
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present participle | interpretierend | ||||
past participle | interpretiert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich interpretiere | wir interpretieren | i | ich interpretiere | wir interpretieren |
du interpretierst | ihr interpretiert | du interpretierest | ihr interpretieret | ||
er interpretiert | sie interpretieren | er interpretiere | sie interpretieren | ||
preterite | ich interpretierte | wir interpretierten | ii | ich interpretierte1 | wir interpretierten1 |
du interpretiertest | ihr interpretiertet | du interpretiertest1 | ihr interpretiertet1 | ||
er interpretierte | sie interpretierten | er interpretierte1 | sie interpretierten1 | ||
imperative | interpretier (du) interpretiere (du) |
interpretiert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “interpretieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “interpretieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “interpretieren” in Duden online
- “interpretieren” in OpenThesaurus.de
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