Use of the English verb betteln

Using German verb betteln (beg, plead): with prepositions, indirect object, direct object, passive information, use and environment in valence dictionary.

C2 · verb · haben · regular · intransitive

betteln

Objects

  • jemand/etwas bettelt

Prepositions

(um+A)

  • jemand/etwas bettelt um etwas
  • jemand/etwas bettelt um jemanden/etwas

Passive

no passive possible


Summary
a. verb · haben · regular

inständig um etwas bitten; jemanden Überleben) braucht; schnorren

Active

  • jemand/etwas bettelt
z. verb · haben · regular · intransitive

inständig bitten; anbetteln, heischen, schnorren, bitten (um), um Geld anpumpen

(um+A)

Active

  • jemand/etwas bettelt
  • jemand/etwas bettelt um etwas
  • jemand/etwas bettelt um jemanden/etwas

Translations

English beg, plead, beg (for), cadge, panhandle, solicit
Russian просить, попрошайничать, Просить милостыню, попросить милостыню, просить милостыню, умолять, выпрашивать, выпросить, ...
Spanish mendigar, limosnear, pedir, pedir limosna, pordiosear, rogar
French mendier, gueuser, quémander, supplier
Turkish dilencilik yapmak, dilenmek, avuç açmak, dilencilik etmek, yalvarmak
Portuguese implorar, mendigar, pedir, andar pedindo por, pedinchar, pedir esmola, suplicar
Italian chiedere, elemosinare, mendicare, accattare, chiedere l'elemosina, chiedere l’elemosina, chiedere umilmente, piatire, ...
Romanian cerși, cerșește, implora
Hungarian koldul, koldulás, kérlelés
Polish żebrać, błagać
Greek ζητιανεύω, παρακαλώ
Dutch bedelen, smeken
Czech žebrat, loudit, žebronit
Swedish tigga, bettla, böna
Danish bede, plage, tigge, trygle
Japanese 乞う, 懇願する, 物乞いをする
Catalan demanar, implorar, mendicar
Finnish kerjätä, anella
Norwegian tigge, bede
Basque bete, betea, eskatzea
Serbian prošnja, molitva
Macedonian просење, просјачење
Slovenian molit, prositi, prošnja
Slowakisch žobrať, prosiť
Bosnian prošnja, molitva
Croatian molitva, prositi, prošnja
Ukrainian жебракувати, благати, жебрати, прохати
Bulgarian просия, молба
Belorussian жаласна прасіць, падсілкоўваць, прасіць, прашаць
Indonesian mengemis, merayu
Vietnamese van xin
Uzbek iltimos qilmoq
Hindi भीख मांगना
Chinese 乞求, 恳请
Thai วอน, อ้อนวอน
Korean 간청하다, 애걸하다
Azerbaijani dilənmək, yalvarmaq
Georgian სთხოვება
Bengali ভিক্ষা চাওয়া
Albanian kerkoj, lutem
Marathi भीक मागणे, विनंती करणे
Nepali भिक्षा माग्नु, याचना गर्नु
Telugu విన్నతి చెయ్యడం
Latvian lūgt
Tamil கோருதல்
Estonian paluma
Armenian խնդրել
Kurdish daxwaz kirin
Hebrewלְבַקֵּשׁ
Arabicتسول، شحذ، شحت
Persianگدایی
Urduبھیک مانگنا، گداگری
...

Translations

Synonyms

a.≡ schnorren
z.≡ abschmutzen ≡ anbetteln ≡ erbetteln ≡ erfragen ≡ ersuchen ≡ fordern ≡ heischen ≡ schnorren

Synonyms

Conjugation

bettelt · bettelte · hat gebettelt

Conjugation
 

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⁴ usage seldom ⁵ only in colloquial use

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