bereiten

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʁaɪ̯tn̩/, /bəˈʁaɪ̯tən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German bereiten, from Old High German bireiten. By surface analysis, bereit +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== bereiten (weak, third-person singular present bereitet, past tense bereitete, past participle bereitet, auxiliary haben) (meals, coffee, etc.) to prepare, to make 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das alte Kräuterweib von Reinhardtswalde, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 18: (pleasure, trouble, etc.) to give, to cause ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== aufbereiten nachbereiten vorbereiten zubereiten === Etymology 2 === be- +‎ reiten ==== Verb ==== bereiten (class 1 strong, third-person singular present bereitet, past tense beritt, past participle beritten, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to ride an animal (usually a horse for training) (transitive) to move around in a place (a road, an area, etc.) on an animal (usually a horse) ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “bereiten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bereiten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bereiten” in Duden online “bereiten” in OpenThesaurus.de