Sentences with German verb quälen ⟨Statal Passive⟩ ⟨Interrogative⟩

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Present

  • Was quält dich? 
    English What's biting you?
  • Warum quälst du mich? 
    English Why are you torturing me?
  • Einen Apfel täglich und keine Krankheit quält dich. 
    English An apple a day and no illness troubles you.
  • Du quälst dich wegen einer Lappalie. 
    English You are tormenting yourself over a trifle.
  • Quält dieses bemitleidenswerte Kind nicht. 
    English Do not torment this pitiable child.
  • Warum quält ihr diesen unschuldigen Menschen? 
    English Why are you tormenting this innocent person?

Imperfect

  • Tom quälte mich. 
    English Tom tormented me.
  • Das Problem quälte den Chef. 
    English The problem tortured the chief.
  • Nach seiner Tat quälten ihn Selbstvorwürfe. 
    English After his act, he was tormented by self-accusations.
  • Brennende Eifersucht quälte ihn. 
    English Burning jealousy tormented him.
  • Er quälte sie zu seiner eigenen Lustgewinnung. 
    English He tormented her for his own pleasure.

Present Subj.

  • Quäle nie ein Tier zum Scherz, denn es fühlt wie du den Schmerz. 
    English Never torment an animal for fun, for it feels pain just like you do.

Imperf. Subj.

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Imperative

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Infinitive

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Participle

  • Er hat mich gequält . 
    English He tormented me.
  • Seit sie gestorben ist, wird er von Gewissensbissen gequält . 
    English Since she died, he is tormented by guilt.
  • Wie um unsere Schwierigkeiten noch zu vergrößern, hatten uns den ganzen Tag Moskitos und Sandmücken gequält . 
    English To further increase our difficulties, we were tormented all day by mosquitoes and sandflies.
  • In mehreren Heimen haben Wach-Leute Flüchtlinge gequält . 
    English In several homes, guards have tortured refugees.
  • Dort haben Täter eine ältere Frau in ihrer Wohnung gequält und dann aus dem Fenster geworfen. 
    English There, perpetrators tortured an elderly woman in her apartment and then threw her out of the window.
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Indicative

Examples sentences for realis mood Statal Passive for quälen

  • Was quält dich? 
    English What's biting you?
  • Tom quälte mich. 
    English Tom tormented me.
  • Warum quälst du mich? 
    English Why are you torturing me?
  • Das Problem quälte den Chef. 
    English The problem tortured the chief.
  • Einen Apfel täglich und keine Krankheit quält dich. 
    English An apple a day and no illness troubles you.
  • Ihn quälen Gewissensbisse. 
    English He is tormented by feelings of guilt.
  • Du quälst dich wegen einer Lappalie. 
    English You are tormenting yourself over a trifle.
  • Nach seiner Tat quälten ihn Selbstvorwürfe. 
    English After his act, he was tormented by self-accusations.
  • Brennende Eifersucht quälte ihn. 
    English Burning jealousy tormented him.
  • Quält dieses bemitleidenswerte Kind nicht. 
    English Do not torment this pitiable child.
  • Warum quält ihr diesen unschuldigen Menschen? 
    English Why are you tormenting this innocent person?
  • Er quälte sie zu seiner eigenen Lustgewinnung. 
    English He tormented her for his own pleasure.
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Subjunctive

Usage for conjunctive mood Statal Passive for quälen

  • Quäle nie ein Tier zum Scherz, denn es fühlt wie du den Schmerz. 
    English Never torment an animal for fun, for it feels pain just like you do.
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Conditional (würde)

Conditional (würde)

Imperative

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Translation of German quälen

German quälen
English torture, afflict, agonise, agonize, excruciate, harry, rack, torment
Russian мучить, мучиться, замучить, измучить, истязать, маяться, мучаться, терзать
Spanish atormentar, torturar, afligir, ajetrearse, aquejar, atenazar, atormentarse, atribular
French tourmenter, faire souffrir, martyriser, crucifier, fouailler, mettre au supplice, souffrir, tarauder
Turkish acı vermek, eziyet etmek, kendini çok yormak, sıkıntı vermek, üzmek, üzülmek
Portuguese afligir, atormentar, torturar, afligir-se, consumir-se, excruciar, importunar, infernizar
Italian affliggere, maltrattare, tormentare, affliggersi, angustiare, assillare, logorarsi, martoriare
Romanian tortura, chinui
Hungarian gyötör, kínoz, bánt, kín, kínlódik, meggyötör, megkínoz, nyúz
Polish dręczyć, męczyć, gnębić, męczyć się, przebrnąć przez
Greek βασανίζω, βασανίζομαι, παλεύω, ταλαιπωρώ
Dutch kwellen, martelen, pijn aandoen, zaniken, zeuren
Czech mučit, trápit, soužit se, trápit se, trýznit, týrat, zmučit
Swedish plåga, anstränga sig, kväva, pina, slita
Danish pine, plage
Japanese いじめる, 苦しめる, 苦しむ, 虐げる
Catalan patir, torturar, turmentar
Finnish kiduttaa, vaivata, kiusata, rääkätä, tuskailla
Norwegian pine, plage, slite
Basque torturatu, min eman
Serbian mučiti, patiti
Macedonian мачење, страдање
Slovenian mučiti, trpinčiti
Slowakisch mučiť, trápiť
Bosnian mučiti, patiti
Croatian mučiti, patiti
Ukrainian катувати, мучити
Bulgarian мъча, страдам
Belorussian катаванне, пакуты
Indonesian menyiksa
Vietnamese hành hạ, tra tấn
Uzbek azob berish
Hindi कष्ट देना, यंत्रणा देना
Chinese 折磨, 拷打
Thai ทรมาน
Korean 고문하다, 괴롭히다
Azerbaijani işkəncələmək, əzab vermək
Georgian აწამება, ტანჯვა
Bengali নির্যাতন করা, যন্ত্রণা দেওয়া
Albanian torturoj
Marathi पिडवणं, पीड़ा देणं
Nepali यातना दिनु
Telugu పీడించు, యాతన పెట్టు
Latvian mocīt, spīdzināt
Tamil வதை செய், வேதனைப்படுத்து
Estonian piinama, vaevama
Armenian խոշտանգել, տանջել
Kurdish êşandin, şikence kirin
Hebrewלְסַבֵּל، לְעַנוֹת
Arabicألم، أوجع، تعذيب، عذب، وخز
Persianآزار دادن، عذاب دادن
Urduتکلیف دینا، عذاب دینا

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of quälen
  • absichtlich Schmerzen zufügen, leiden machen, foltern, misshandeln, schänden
  • necken, plagen, peinigen, Qualen leiden, triezen, foltern
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* 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: 74281

* 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: 9968340, 3730882, 2348527, 6766465, 4919336, 4919338, 6619034, 1530935, 1628456, 4657270, 8953763, 3128378, 1299908

* Sentences from Nachrichtenleicht (nachrichtenleicht.de) are subject to the conditions stored there. This and the associated article can be looked up via: Flüchtlinge misshandelt, Angriffe auf Juden

* 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: 153446, 74281

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