Sentences with German verb zögern ⟨Passive⟩ ⟨Subordinate⟩

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Present

  • Wer zögert , hat schon verloren. 
    English He who hesitates has lost.
  • Wenn du einmal zögerst , bist du am Ende. 
    English If you hesitate once, you are done.

Imperfect

  • Ich zögerte zuzustimmen. 
    English I hesitated to agree.
  • Er zögerte eine Weile. 
    English He hesitated for a while.
  • Tom zögerte lange, bevor er antwortete. 
    English Tom hesitated for a long time before he answered.
  • Er zögerte lange, ihr seine Liebe zu gestehen. 
    English He hesitated for a long time to confess his love to her.
  • Wir zögerten unserem Biolehrer Fragen zu stellen. 
    English We hesitated to ask our biology teacher questions.

Present Subj.

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Imperf. Subj.

-

Imperative

-

Infinitive

  • Sie antwortete ohne zu zögern . 
    English She gave a ready answer.
  • Er log, ohne zu zögern . 
    English He lied, without hesitation.
  • Er willigte ohne zu zögern ein. 
    English He agreed without hesitation.
  • Ihr ungläubiger Blick ließ mich in meinem Entscheidungsprozess zögern . 
    English Your incredulous look made me hesitate in my decision-making process.

Participle

  • Ich gestehe, als ich dir zum ersten Mal begegnet bin, habe ich gezögert dich anzusprechen. 
    English I confess that when I first met you, I hesitated to speak to you.
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Indicative

Examples sentences for realis mood Passive for zögern

  • Ich zögerte zuzustimmen. 
    English I hesitated to agree.
  • Er zögerte eine Weile. 
    English He hesitated for a while.
  • Wer zögert , hat schon verloren. 
    English He who hesitates has lost.
  • Tom zögerte lange, bevor er antwortete. 
    English Tom hesitated for a long time before he answered.
  • Zögern Sie nicht, mit mir Kontakt aufzunehmen. 
    English Do not hesitate to contact me.
  • Er zögerte lange, ihr seine Liebe zu gestehen. 
    English He hesitated for a long time to confess his love to her.
  • Wenn du einmal zögerst , bist du am Ende. 
    English If you hesitate once, you are done.
  • Bitte zögern Sie nicht, mich anzurufen. 
    English Please do not hesitate to call me.
  • Wir zögerten unserem Biolehrer Fragen zu stellen. 
    English We hesitated to ask our biology teacher questions.
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Subjunctive

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Conditional (würde)

Conditional (würde)

Imperative

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Translations

Translation of German zögern

German zögern
English hesitate, procrastinate, tarry, be in two minds, defer, delay, demur, halt
Russian колебаться, медлить, не решаться, длить, замешкаться, колебнуться, мяться, не решиться
Spanish vacilar, dudar, detenerse, hesitar, posponer, tardar, tardar en, tardarse
French hésiter, barguigner, retarder, tergiverser
Turkish tereddüt etmek, çekinmek, duraksamak, gecikmek
Portuguese hesitar, adiar, estar indeciso, vacilar
Italian esitare, indugiare, tentennare, titubare, esitare a fare, indugiare a fare, nicchiare, rimandare
Romanian ezita, amâna
Hungarian habozik, halogat
Polish wahać, wahać się, zwlekać, ociągać z, zawahać się, zwlekać z
Greek αναβολή, διστάζω, δισταγμός
Dutch aarzelen, dralen, schromen, talmen, twijfelen, uitstellen, weifelen
Czech váhat, odkládat, otálet, zaváhat
Swedish dröja, skjuta upp, tveka
Danish tøve, drøje, nøle
Japanese ためらう, ぐずぐずする, 躊躇する, 迷う
Catalan dubtar, retardar, titubejar, vacil·lar
Finnish epäillä, aikailla, arvella, empiä, epäröidä, hidastella, viivyttää, vitkastella
Norwegian nøle, somle, tvil, utsette
Basque atzera bota, atzeratu, dudatu
Serbian odlagati, oklevati
Macedonian колебање, одложување
Slovenian obotavljati se, odlašati, zadrževati
Slowakisch odkladať, váhať
Bosnian odlagati, očekivati
Croatian odgađati, očekivati
Ukrainian вагатися, зволікати
Bulgarian колебая се, отлагам
Belorussian адкладаць, вагацца
Indonesian menunda
Vietnamese hoãn lại, trì hoãn
Uzbek kechiktirmoq
Hindi देर करना, स्थगित करना
Chinese 拖延, 推迟
Thai เลื่อน
Korean 미루다, 연기하다
Azerbaijani gecikdirmek
Georgian გადადება
Bengali বিলম্ব করা, স্থগিত করা
Albanian shtyj
Marathi विलंब करणे
Nepali ढिलाइ गर्नु, स्थगित गर्नु
Telugu విళంబించు
Latvian aizkavēt
Tamil தாமதப்படுத்து
Estonian edasi lükata
Armenian հետաձգել
Kurdish dirêj kirin
Hebrewלדחות، להתמהמה
Arabicتردد، تأجيل، تريث، يتردد
Persianتأخیر کردن، تعویق انداختن
Urduتذبذب، ہچکچاہٹ

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of zögern
  • etwas aufschieben, nicht sofort tun, drucksen, innehalten, bummeln, zurückschrecken, fackeln
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* 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: 2686717, 1806961, 2007960, 372873, 2190490, 3689389, 455694, 455698, 2469225, 2810794, 1763162, 4707079, 932358

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