rangeln
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the intensive/iterative formation of Middle High German rangen (“to strive with desire”), from Middle Low German wrangen (“to struggle, to fight”). Compare English wrangle and Low German wrangeln.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]rangeln (weak, third-person singular present rangelt, past tense rangelte, past participle gerangelt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to wrestle, to scrabble (with someone)
- 1997, J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER und der Stein der Weisen, page 3:
- Mrs Dursley mit dem schreienden Dudley rangelte ihn in seinen Hochstuhl zwängte.
- Mrs. Dudley wrestled a screaming Dudley into his high chair.
- (intransitive) (figurative) to jockey, to wrangle (with someone)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | rangeln | ||||
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present participle | rangelnd | ||||
past participle | gerangelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich rangle ich rangele ich rangel |
wir rangeln | i | ich rangele ich rangle |
wir rangeln |
du rangelst | ihr rangelt | du rangelest du ranglest |
ihr rangelet ihr ranglet | ||
er rangelt | sie rangeln | er rangele er rangle |
sie rangeln | ||
preterite | ich rangelte | wir rangelten | ii | ich rangelte1 | wir rangelten1 |
du rangeltest | ihr rangeltet | du rangeltest1 | ihr rangeltet1 | ||
er rangelte | sie rangelten | er rangelte1 | sie rangelten1 | ||
imperative | rangle (du) rangel (du) rangele (du) |
rangelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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