Polyglot Dictionary

bestehlen

/bəˈʃteːlən/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
bestiehlt
past
bestahl
perfect
hat bestohlen

Meaning

  1. to steal from

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

stehlen

Bestehlen is stealing FROM a person — the victim is the object, "jemanden bestehlen"; stehlen is stealing a THING, "etwas stehlen."

Practice

1 What does bestehlen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Dieb hat ihn ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bestehlen?

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