befehlen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bevelhen, from Old High German bifelahan, bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifelhan. Related to German empfehlen (“recommend, advocate”), but not German fehlen (“to be missing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈfeːln/, /bəˈfeːlən/ === Verb === befehlen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present befiehlt, past tense befahl, past participle befohlen, past subjunctive befähle, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to command; to order (someone to do something) (intransitive) to give orders; to be in command (dated) to entrust ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Befehler, Befehlung ==== Related terms ==== Befehlen befehlend, befohlen Befehl befehligen, anbefehlen, verfehlen ==== See also ==== anweisen === Further reading === “befehlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “befehlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “befehlen” in Duden online “befehlen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German bevēlen, from Old Saxon bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifelhan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈfeːlən/ === Verb === befehlen (third-person singular simple present befehlt, past tense befohl, past participle befahlen, auxiliary verb wesen) To order, command. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Befehl