besorgen

German

Etymology

From be- +‎ sorgen. Already Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Old High German bisorgēn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

besorgen (weak, third-person singular present besorgt, past tense besorgte, past participle besorgt, auxiliary haben)

(transitive) to deal, to manage, to procure
Seine Geschäfte wurden durch einen Stellvertreter besorgt.
His operations have been managed by a proxy.
(transitive) to get, to obtain
Ich gehe noch mal schnell Brötchen besorgen. ― I'll go quickly and get bread rolls again.
(vulgar, with expletive and dative) to give it to someone, to satisfy carnally
Er hat’s ihr richtig besorgt. ― He has really given it to her.
- 2011 [1998], Clara Drechsler, Harald Hellmann, transl., Drecksau‎, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, translation of Filth by Irvine Welsh, →ISBN:
  Meine beschissenen Eier jucken wie die Sau … boah … besorgs mir Baby …
  My fucking balls are itching like crazy... whoa ... give it to me baby.
(transitive, from 20^th century usually officialese) to be afraid of, to worry about
- 1788, Christoph Martin Wieland, chapter 16, in Lügengeschichten und Dialoge von Lukian von Samosata‎:
  Übrigens hieß er uns gutes Muthes seyn und keine Gefahr besorgen; wir sollten mit allem, was wir nöthig hätten, versehen werden.
  Else he hight us be of good mood and fear no danger; we should be furnished with all that we might need.

Conjugation

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