beschränken

/bəˈʃʁɛŋkn̩/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present
beschränkt
past
beschränkte
perfect
hat beschränkt

Meaning

  1. to limit

    • Wir beschränken uns auf das Wesentliche.

      We limit ourselves to the essentials.

    • Wir müssen die Ausgaben auf das Nötigste beschränken. Sonst reicht das Geld nicht.

      We have to limit spending to the essentials. Otherwise the money will not be enough.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

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?

2 Fill the gap: Wir ___ uns auf das Wesentliche.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches beschränken?

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