befürchten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German befürhten, bevürhten, from Old High German biforhten, bifurihtōn, biforhtōn, biforahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bifurhtijan, *bifurhtōn, equivalent to be- +‎ fürchten. Cognate with Middle Low German bevrüchten, English befright. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bəˈfʏʁçtn̩] Hyphenation: be‧fürch‧ten === Verb === befürchten (weak, third-person singular present befürchtet, past tense befürchtete, past participle befürchtet, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to fear (something), be afraid of ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Befürchten Befürchter Befürchtung befürchtend befürchtet === Further reading === “befürchten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “befürchten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “befürchten” in Duden online “befürchten” in OpenThesaurus.de