empfangen
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empfangen in a sentence
Wir können mit unserem Fernseher über 30 Programme empfangen.
We can receive over 30 channels with our television.
Conjugation of empfangen
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- empfing
- Perfect
- hat empfangen
Word family
empfangen is built from fangen (to catch). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where empfangen comes from
eigentlich empfahen, dies zu mittelhochdeutsch enpfâhen, dessen Präteritum enpfienc ins Präsens gedrungen ist, vgl. fangen
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Questions about empfangen
How do you conjugate empfangen?
Present tense: empfange, empfängst, empfängt, empfangen, empfangt, empfangen. Simple past: empfing. Perfect: hat empfangen.
What does empfangen mean in English?
empfangen means "receive". For example: "Wir können mit unserem Fernseher über 30 Programme empfangen." — "We can receive over 30 channels with our television."
What level is empfangen in German?
empfangen is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the working & doing vocabulary.
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