Similar words
begrenzen
Begrenzen leans toward setting a physical or numerical boundary; beschränken leans toward restricting or confining something, as in "sich beschränken auf," to limit oneself to.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
limitar
limitar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to limit."
Practice
1 What does beschränken mean?
to engrave
to occur
to sear
to limit
to limit
2 Fill the gap: Wir ___ uns auf das Wesentliche.
beschränken
beschränkte
beschränkt
Full sentence: Wir beschränken uns auf das Wesentliche. (We limit ourselves to the essentials.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches beschränken?
V
Register
Neutral
Era
Current
Frequency
Common
Domain
General
Tone
Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.
V
Register
Neutral
Era
Current
Frequency
Core
Domain
General
Tone
Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.
V
Register
Neutral
Era
Current
Frequency
Common
Domain
General
Tone
Negative
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: negative.
beschränken: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.