anklagen

See also: Anklagen

Danish

Noun

anklagen

  1. definite singular of anklage

German

Etymology

From Middle High German aneklagen. Equivalent to an- +‎ klagen.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: an‧kla‧gen
  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌklaːɡən/, [ˈʔanˌkʰlaːɡŋ̍]

Verb

anklagen (weak, third-person singular present klagt an, past tense klagte an, past participle angeklagt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to indict (to make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury) [with accusative ‘someone’, along with genitive or wegen (+ genitive) ‘with a crime’]
    Er wird verhaftet und wegen Mordes angeklagt.
    He is arrested and charged with murder.
    Die Staatsanwaltschaft klagt ihn des versuchten Mordes an.
    The District Attorney's Office is charging him with attempted murder.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • anklagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • anklagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • anklagen” in Duden online
  • anklagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

anklagen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of anklage