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befehlen.

to command; to order (someone to do something)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/bəˈfeːln//bəˈfeːlən/
  1. to command; to order (someone to do something)

    class-4 · strong · transitive
  2. to give orders; to be in command

    class-4 · intransitive · strong
  3. to entrust

    class-4 · dated · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German bevëlhen, from Old High German bifëlahan, bifëlhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifelhan. Related to German empfehlen (“recommend, advocate”), but not German fehlen (“to be missing”).

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