begleiten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German begleiten (14th c.), from an underlying (apparently unattested) *begeleiten, a confluence of beleiten and geleiten, both prefixed forms of leiten (“to lead”). Compare Dutch begeleiden. Sometimes reanalyzed as be- +‎ Geleit (“escort”) +‎ -en (with syncope as in begnügen from genug). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɡlaɪ̯tən/ === Verb === begleiten (weak, third-person singular present begleitet, past tense begleitete, past participle begleitet, auxiliary haben) to accompany to conduct, escort ==== Conjugation ==== By analogy with unrelated gleiten (“to glide”), a past participle beglitten may be formed. This is rare and typically humorous, but occasionally a genuine hypercorrection. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Begleiten begleitend, begleitet Begleiterscheinung, Begleitfahrzeug, Begleitmannschaft geleiten, verleiten === Further reading === “begleiten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “begleiten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “begleiten” in Duden online “begleiten” in OpenThesaurus.de “begleiten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.