Sentences with German verb gehorchen ⟨Subordinate⟩

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Present

  • Alles gehorcht den Naturgesetzen. 
    English Everything is subject to the laws of nature.
  • Bitte gehorcht den Regeln der Schule. 
    English Please obey the rules of the school.
  • Das Auto gehorcht seinen Bremsen nicht mehr. 
    English The car no longer obeys its brakes.
  • Es ist besser, du gehorchst deinem Vater. 
    English It is better that you obey your father.
  • Gehorcht ihr euren Eltern? 
    English Do you obey your parents?

Imperfect

  • Die Beine gehorchten ihr nicht. 
    English The legs did not obey her.
  • Die Stimme gehorchte ihr nicht. 
    English The voice did not obey her.

Present Subj.

  • Gehorche dir selbst. 
    English Obey thyself.

Imperf. Subj.

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Imperative

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Infinitive

  • Der kleine Hund wollte seiner Besitzerin nicht gehorchen . 
    English The little dog did not want to obey its owner.
  • Soldaten müssen ihren Befehlshabern gehorchen . 
    English Soldiers must obey their commanders.

Participle

  • Dieses Land hat dem Imperialismus gehorcht . 
    English This country has obeyed imperialism.
  • Wenn das Pferd nicht gehorcht , bekommt es die Spießrute zu spüren. 
    English If the horse does not obey, it will feel the rod.
  • Die Schüler haben ihrem Lehrer nicht gehorcht . 
    English The pupils disobeyed their teacher.

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Indicative

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  • Alles gehorcht den Naturgesetzen. 
    English Everything is subject to the laws of nature.
  • Die Beine gehorchten ihr nicht. 
    English The legs did not obey her.
  • Die Stimme gehorchte ihr nicht. 
    English The voice did not obey her.
  • Bitte gehorcht den Regeln der Schule. 
    English Please obey the rules of the school.
  • Das Auto gehorcht seinen Bremsen nicht mehr. 
    English The car no longer obeys its brakes.
  • Es ist besser, du gehorchst deinem Vater. 
    English It is better that you obey your father.
  • Gehorchen Sie diesem Mann nicht. 
    English Do not obey this man.
  • Gehorcht ihr euren Eltern? 
    English Do you obey your parents?
  • Sie gehorchen nicht immer ihren Eltern. 
    English They don't always obey their parents.

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Subjunctive

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  • Gehorche dir selbst. 
    English Obey thyself.

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Conditional (würde)

Conditional (würde)

Imperative

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Translations

Translation of German gehorchen


German gehorchen
English obey, be obedient, comply (with), conform oneself (to), respond, take orders, follow
Russian повиноваться, слушаться, послушаться, подчиняться
Spanish obedecer, seguir
French obéir, obéir à
Turkish itaat etmek, dinlemek, uygun davranmak
Portuguese obedecer, obedecer a, seguir
Italian obbedire, obbedire a, ottemperare a, ubbidire
Romanian asculta, se supune
Hungarian engedelmeskedik, szót fogad
Polish być posłusznym, słuchać, posłuchać, reagować, słuchać się, posłuszeństwo
Greek υπακούω, πειθαρχώ
Dutch gehoorzamen, luisteren naar
Czech poslouchat, poslouchatslechnout, poslechnout, řídit se
Swedish lyda, lystra
Danish adlyde
Japanese 従う, 服従する
Catalan obeir
Finnish totella
Norwegian lystre, adlyde
Basque aginduari men egitea
Serbian pokoriti se
Macedonian слуша
Slovenian ubogati
Slowakisch poslúchať, poslúchnuť
Bosnian pokoriti se
Croatian pokoriti se
Ukrainian підкорятися, слухатися
Bulgarian подчинявам се
Belorussian падпарадкаванне, падпарадкавацца
Hebrewלציית، ציות
Arabicيطيع، طاعة
Persianاطاعت کردن
Urduاطاعت کرنا، حکم ماننا، اطاعت، فرمانبرداری

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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: 84619, 272434

* 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: 2778660, 3771206, 8224465, 2112447, 1081794, 2707589, 2707604, 6216689, 769526, 11181624, 3320552, 2482355, 367332

* 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: 84619

* 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: gehorchen

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