bewähren

/bəˈvɛːʁən/

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.
reflexive

Forms

present
bewährt sich
past
bewährte sich
perfect
hat sich bewährt

Meaning

  1. to prove oneself

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

beweisen

sich bewähren means "to prove oneself," to demonstrate one's own worth over time; beweisen means "to prove" something, a fact or a point — a different subject of "prove."

Similar in other languages

French

faire ses preuves

faire ses preuves is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to prove oneself."

Practice

1 What does bewähren mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Methode hat sich ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bewähren?

verbreflexive

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