beschweren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German beswæren (“to afflict, to depress, to annoy”), a merger from Old High German biswāren (“to depress, to burden”) (10th c.), from Proto-West Germanic *biswârijan; and Old High German biswārōn (“to burden”) (10th c.), from Proto-West Germanic *biswārōn. Related to swāren (“heavy”) (8th c.) whence schwer. The reflexive sense developed later in the 14th century from "to burden oneself", "to fret" to "to complain about something worrisome, burdensome". Cognate with Dutch bezwaren. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʃveːʁən/ Hyphenation: be‧schwe‧ren Rhymes: -eːʀən === Verb === beschweren (weak, third-person singular present beschwert, past tense beschwerte, past participle beschwert, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to weight, to weight down (reflexive) to complain [with über (+ accusative) ‘about someone/something’ or a subordinate clause] Synonym: beklagen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Beschweren, Beschwerung, Beschwerde beschwerend, beschwert ==== Related terms ==== Briefbeschwerer === References === === Further reading === “beschweren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “beschweren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “beschweren” in Duden online “beschweren” in OpenThesaurus.de