feien
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
feien
From Fei (Fey) (obsolete variant of Fee (“fairy”)) + -en, implying invincibility by magic.
feien (weak, third-person singular present feit, past tense feite, past participle gefeit, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | feien | ||||
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present participle | feiend | ||||
past participle | gefeit | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich feie | wir feien | i | ich feie | wir feien |
du feist | ihr feit | du feiest | ihr feiet | ||
er feit | sie feien | er feie | sie feien | ||
preterite | ich feite | wir feiten | ii | ich feite1 | wir feiten1 |
du feitest | ihr feitet | du feitest1 | ihr feitet1 | ||
er feite | sie feiten | er feite1 | sie feiten1 | ||
imperative | fei (du) feie (du) |
feit (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Old English fēġan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną.
feien
infinitive | (to) feien, feie | ||
---|---|---|---|
present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | feie | feied | |
2nd-person singular | feiest | feiedest | |
3rd-person singular | feieth | feied | |
subjunctive singular | feie | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | feien, feie | feieden, feiede | |
imperative plural | feieth, feie | — | |
participles | feiynge, feiende | feied, yfeied |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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