beschränken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German beschrenken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbəˌʃʁɛŋkən/
  • (file)

Verb

beschränken (weak, third-person singular present beschränkt, past tense beschränkte, past participle beschränkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, with auf + accusative) to limit; to restrict
    Wir sollten unnötige Gespräche auf ein Minimum beschränken.
    We should keep any unnecessary conversation to a minimum.
  2. (reflexive, with auf + accusative) to limit oneself (to)
    Wir müssen uns auf das Wesentliche beschränken.
    We have to stick to the essentials.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

See also

  • beschranken
  • beschrankter Bahnübergang

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈʃʀæŋken/, [bəˈʃʀæŋkən]

Verb

beschränken (third-person singular present beschränkt, past participle beschränkt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to limit

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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