betreffen

See also: Betreffen

Dutch

Etymology

From be- + treffen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈtrɛfə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧tref‧fen
  • Rhymes: -ɛfən

Verb

betreffen

  1. (transitive) to concern, to affect

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From be- + treffen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bəˈtʁɛfɱ̩], [bəˈtʁɛfən]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧tref‧fen
  • Rhymes: -ɛfn̩

Verb

betreffen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present betrifft, past tense betraf, past participle betroffen, past subjunctive beträfe, auxiliary haben)

  1. to concern, to have to do with or affect a business of
    Synonyms: angehen, belangen, beregen
    Was die Regierung betrifft, so leistet sie schlechte Arbeit.
    As for the government, they are doing a poor job.
  2. (dated) to encounter
    Synonyms: antreffen, stellen

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • betreffen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • betreffen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • betreffen” in Duden online
  • betreffen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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