Polyglot Dictionary

beschreiben

/bəˈʃʁaɪ̯bn̩/

verb A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
beschreibt
past
beschrieb
perfect
hat beschrieben

Meaning

  1. to describe

    • Kannst du den Täter beschreiben?

      Can you describe the perpetrator?

    • Kannst du mir den Weg zum Bahnhof beschreiben? Ich kenne mich hier nicht aus.

      Can you describe the way to the station to me? I do not know my way around here.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

abbilden

Beschreiben is to describe something in words; abbilden is to depict or show something visually, as an image or picture.

Similar in other languages

French

décrire

décrire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to describe."

Portuguese

descrever

descrever is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to describe."

Practice

1 What does beschreiben mean?

2 Fill the gap: Kannst du den Täter ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches beschreiben?

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