beeilen

German

Etymology

From be- +‎ eilen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʔaɪ̯lən/
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Verb

beeilen (weak, third-person singular present beeilt, past tense beeilte, past participle beeilt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to hurry, to hasten, to rush
    Synonyms: schnell machen, dalli machen
    Antonyms: trödeln; (regional) klüngeln; (Austria) brodeln
    Sie beeilte sich hinzuzufügen, dass ... ― She hastened to add that ...
    Wir beeilten uns den Gipfel zu erreichen. ― We hurried to reach the summit.
    Die Europäische Union beeilte sich diese Daten den amerikanischen Diensten zur Verfügung zu stellen. ― The European Union rushed to make this information available to the American services.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “beeilen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “beeilen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “beeilen” in Duden online
  • “beeilen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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