Polyglot Dictionary

mitfühlen

/ˈmɪtˌfyːlən/

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

Forms

present
fühlt mit
past
fühlte mit
perfect
hat mitgefühlt

Meaning

  1. to sympathise

    Built from mit (with) + fühlen (to feel).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • mit with
  • fühlen to feel

Similar words

anteilnehmen

Mitfühlen is the everyday, emotional word for empathizing; Anteil nehmen is a set phrase, a bit more formal, often used to express condolences after a loss.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

condolerse

condolerse is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to sympathise."

Practice

1 What does mitfühlen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich fühle ___ dir.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mitfühlen?

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