Polyglot Dictionary

beerdigen

/bəˈʔeːɐ̯dɪɡn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
beerdigt
past
beerdigte
perfect
hat beerdigt

Meaning

  1. to bury

    • Man beerdigte ihn auf dem Dorffriedhof.

      He was buried in the village cemetery.

    • Die Familie beerdigte den Großvater im Heimatdorf. Viele Nachbarn kamen zur Trauerfeier.

      The family buried the grandfather in his home village. Many neighbours came to the funeral.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

vergraben

Beerdigen is burying a PERSON, in a funeral; vergraben is burying an OBJECT, like treasure or a bone.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

enterrar

enterrar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to bury."

Portuguese

sepultar

sepultar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to bury."

Practice

1 What does beerdigen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Man ___ ihn auf dem Dorffriedhof.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches beerdigen?

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