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verbieten: to forbid — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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verbieten

to forbid

to officially or directly say that something is not allowed

IPA/fɛɐ̯ˈbiːtn̩/

The main stress is on bie-.

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

to officially or directly say that something is not allowed

Die Schule verbietet Handys im Unterricht.

Meine Eltern verbieten mir das Rauchen.

Das Schild verbietet das Parken hier.

The person can be dative and the forbidden thing accusative.

etwas verbieten — forbid something

A common pattern is jemandem etwas verbieten.

Choose one answer.

Which preterite is correct?

infinitive: verbieten
third person present: verbietet
preterite: verbot
Past participle: verboten
auxiliary: haben
Separable: No
prefix: ver
reflexive: No
modal: No
imperative du: verbiete
imperative ihr: verbietet
imperative sie: verbieten Sie
Transitivity: transitive
valency patterns: jemandem (Dat.) etwas (Akk.) verbieten · etwas (Akk.) verbieten

verbieten is a strong inseparable verb: verbietet, verbot, hat verboten.