befehlen
German (Berlin)
/bəˈfeːln/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) to command; to order (someone to do something)
- (intransitive) to give orders; to be in command
- (dated) to entrust
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German bevelhen inherited from Old High German bifelahan inherited from *bifelhan.
Origin
*bifelhan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Empfehlung German
- Fehlurteil German
- anbefehlen German
- empfehlen German
- empfehlenswert German
- fehlbar German
- fehlen German
- fehlsam German
- fehlsichtig German
- verfehlen German
- anbefale Norwegian Bokmål
- *felhaną Proto-Germanic
- befeolan Old English
- feolan Old English
- anbefale Danish
- faliti Serbo-Croatian
- фалити Serbo-Croatian
- bifel(a)han, bifelhan Old High German
- bifelahan Old High German
- pavēlēt Latvian
- pavēlēšana Latvian
- vēlēt Latvian
- bevelhen Middle High German
- enpfelhen Middle High German
- befielen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *bifelhan gmw-pro
- bifelan Old Dutch
- bifelhan Old Saxon
- bifela Old Frisian