befleißen

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bəˈflaɪ̯sn̩]
  • Hyphenation: be‧flei‧ßen
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Verb

befleißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present befleißt, past tense befliss, past participle beflissen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete, reflexive, with genitive) to endeavour, to make an effort to practise
    Ich befliss mich eines guten sittlichen Wandels.
    I tried to live a good, moral life.
    Ich erbte ein kleines Vermögen und befliss mich, es zu vermehren.
    I inherited a small fortune and tried to increase it.

Conjugation

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