studieren
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German studieren, from Latin studeō + -ieren.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]studieren (weak, third-person singular present studiert, past tense studierte, past participle studiert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to study at university or college level; to be a student (of)
- Sie studiert Chemie.
- She studies chemistry.
- Seit wann studierst du?
- For how long have you been a student?
- (transitive, perhaps slightly dated) to study scientifically; to research; to perform a study on
- Er studiert den Nestbau der Ameisen.
- He studies the nest building of ants.
- (transitive, slightly informal) to look at minutely; to study; to peruse; to analyse
- Sie studierte seinen Brief.
- She studied his letter.
- Er studierte ihren Gesichtsausdruck.
- He studied her facial expression.
Usage notes
[edit]- Generally not used of private or school learning, nor in the sense of “to review already learnt material”. There are certain exceptions to this, but they are chiefly restricted to idioms or some specific contexts. Lernen is the normal word for this.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | studieren | ||||
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present participle | studierend | ||||
past participle | studiert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich studiere | wir studieren | i | ich studiere | wir studieren |
du studierst | ihr studiert | du studierest | ihr studieret | ||
er studiert | sie studieren | er studiere | sie studieren | ||
preterite | ich studierte | wir studierten | ii | ich studierte1 | wir studierten1 |
du studiertest | ihr studiertet | du studiertest1 | ihr studiertet1 | ||
er studierte | sie studierten | er studierte1 | sie studierten1 | ||
imperative | studier (du) studiere (du) |
studiert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
[edit]- (research): erforschen; untersuchen (more common)
Descendants
[edit]- → Lower Sorbian: studěrowaś
- → Serbo-Croatian: studirati
- → Slovene: študirati
Further reading
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