Sentences with German verb befürchten

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Present

  • Ja, ich befürchte es. 
    English Yes, I fear it.
  • Ich gestehe, dass ich das befürchte . 
    English I confess that I fear it.

Imperfect

  • Tom befürchtete , entlassen zu werden. 
    English Tom was afraid of getting fired.
  • Wir befürchteten , wir könnten seine Gefühle verletzt haben. 
    English We feared that we might have hurt his feelings.
  • Tom befürchtete zu verbluten. 
    English Tom was afraid he might bleed to death.
  • Ich befürchtete das Schlimmste. 
    English I feared the worst.

Present Subj.

-

Imperf. Subj.

-

Imperative

-

Infinitive

  • Du hast nichts zu befürchten . 
    English You have nothing to fear.
  • Du hast absolut nichts zu befürchten . 
    English You have absolutely nothing to fear.
  • Dieses Vorhaben war nicht ganz uneigennützig, denn aufgrund des erstarkenden Skandinavismus war zu befürchten , Finnland könnte sich vom Russischen Reich abspalten und erneut Schweden zuwenden. 
    English This initiative was not entirely selfless, as due to the strengthening of Scandinavianism, there was a fear that Finland might separate from the Russian Empire and turn back to Sweden.

Participle

  • Das habe ich befürchtet . 
    English I was afraid of that.
  • Das haben wir befürchtet . 
    English We feared so.
  • Die Polizei hat schon vor dem Spiel Schlägereien befürchtet . 
    English The police had already feared fights before the game.
  • Befürchtet wird eine weitere heillose Talfahrt der Aktienkurse. 
    English There is fear of another chaotic decline in stock prices.
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Indicative

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  • Ja, ich befürchte es. 
    English Yes, I fear it.
  • Tom befürchtete , entlassen zu werden. 
    English Tom was afraid of getting fired.
  • Wir befürchteten , wir könnten seine Gefühle verletzt haben. 
    English We feared that we might have hurt his feelings.
  • Ich gestehe, dass ich das befürchte . 
    English I confess that I fear it.
  • Tom befürchtete zu verbluten. 
    English Tom was afraid he might bleed to death.
  • Experten befürchten sogar eine Zerlegung des Konzerns. 
    English Experts even fear a breakup of the conglomerate.
  • Ich befürchtete das Schlimmste. 
    English I feared the worst.
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Imperative

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Translations

Translation of German befürchten

German befürchten
English fear, apprehend, be afraid, dread, suspect, worry about
Russian опасаться, бояться
Spanish temer, preocupar, recelar
French craindre, appréhender, redouter
Turkish korkmak, endişe etmek, endişelenmek
Portuguese temer, recear
Italian temere, avere paura di, paventare
Romanian se teme, se îngrijora
Hungarian aggódni, fél, félni, tart
Polish lękać się, obawiać, obawiać się
Greek ανησυχώ, φοβάμαι, φοβούμαι
Dutch bang zijn voor, duchten, vrees, vrezen
Czech obávat se, bát se
Swedish befara, frukta, oroa sig för
Danish befrygte, bekymre sig, frygte, frygte for
Japanese 心配する, 恐れる
Catalan preveure, temer, témer
Finnish pelätä, kardaa
Norwegian bekymre seg, frykte
Basque beldurra izan
Serbian bojati se, strahovati
Macedonian се бојам, се плашам
Slovenian bojati se, imeti strah
Slowakisch mať obavy, obávať sa
Bosnian bojati se, plašiti se
Croatian bojati se, strahovati se
Ukrainian боятися, жахатися, побоюватися
Bulgarian опасение, страх
Belorussian асцерагацца, баяцца
Indonesian takut bahwa sesuatu akan terjadi
Vietnamese sợ rằng điều gì đó sẽ xảy ra
Uzbek bo'lishidan qo'rqmoq
Hindi डरना कि
Chinese 担心会发生
Thai กลัวว่าจะเกิดขึ้น
Korean 무슨 일이 일어날지 두려워하다
Azerbaijani baş verəcəyindən qorxmaq
Bengali ঘটতে পারে বলে ভয় করা
Albanian frikoj se diçka do të ndodhë
Marathi घडण्याची भीती वाटणे
Nepali घट्न सक्छ भनेर डराउनु
Telugu ఏదైనా చెడే జరగబోతుందని భయపడటం
Tamil எதாவது நடக்கும் என்று பயப்படுவது
Kurdish tirs bûn ku
Hebrewלדאוג، לחשוש
Arabicخشي، يخشى، يقلق
Persianترسیدن، نگران بودن
Urduخوفزدہ ہونا، ڈرنا

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Meanings and synonyms of befürchten
  • der Ansicht sein, dass etwas Unangenehmes eintritt oder geschieht, (etwas) fürchten, bibbern, (sich) ängstigen, bangen, Angst haben
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* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 70857, 140941, 249014, 249006, 769081

* Sentences from Nachrichtenleicht (nachrichtenleicht.de) are subject to the conditions stored there. This and the associated article can be looked up via: Skandal bei Fußball-Spiel

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 628932, 4460392, 7334842, 3243464, 2746406, 1791460, 907832, 774167, 1888562, 4507053

* Synonyms come partly from OpenThesaurus (openthesaurus.de) and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license: befürchten

* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 140941

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