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berichten: to report — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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berichten

to report

to give information about an event, situation, or experience

IPA/bəˈʁɪçtn̩/

Stress is on rich-.

Meaning 1neutral · 89%

to give information about an event, situation, or experience

Die Zeitung berichtet über den Unfall.

Er berichtet von seiner Reise nach Italien.

Sie berichtet dem Chef über das Problem.

über takes the accusative; von takes the dative.

über etwas berichten — report on something

Use über + accusative for a topic and von + dative for something you tell from experience.

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infinitive: berichten
third person present: berichtet
preterite: berichtete
Past participle: berichtet
auxiliary: haben
Separable: No
prefix: —
reflexive: No
modal: No
imperative du: berichte
imperative ihr: berichtet
imperative sie: berichten Sie
Transitivity: intransitive
valency patterns: über + Akk. berichten · von + Dat. berichten · jemandem (Dat.) berichten

berichten is commonly used with über + accusative or von + dative.