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verzeihen: forgive — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Dictionaryverzeihen

Quality-approved learning entryVerbLevel B1

verzeihen

forgive

to stop blaming someone for a mistake or offense, or to excuse what they did

IPA/fɛɐ̯ˈtsaɪ̯ən/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

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Meaning 1neutral · 87%

to stop blaming someone for a mistake or offense, or to excuse what they did

Natural examples

Kannst du mir diesen Fehler verzeihen?

Ich habe ihr längst verziehen.

Verzeihen Sie bitte die Störung.

Usage note

The person is dative: mir, dir, ihm, ihr. jemandem etwas verzeihen is the full pattern. Verzeihen Sie bitte. is also a polite formal formula.

Mini-lesson: Forgive someone

verzeihen — forgive — verzeihen: forgive

Use dative for the person: Ich verzeihe dir. With the mistake: Ich verzeihe dir den Fehler.

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Form and grammar

infinitive: verzeihen
third person present: verzeiht
preterite: verzieh
Past participle: verziehen
auxiliary: haben
Separable: No
prefix: —
reflexive: No
modal: No
imperative du: verzeih
imperative ihr: verzeiht
imperative sie: verzeihen Sie
Transitivity: ditransitive · transitive
valency patterns: jemandem etwas verzeihen · jemandem (Dat.) verzeihen

verzeihen is irregular: verzeiht, verzieh, hat verziehen. The person is usually dative and the thing forgiven may be accusative: jemandem etwas verzeihen.

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