German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈɔrdərn/, [bəˈʔɔʁ.dɐn], [-ˈʔɔɐ̯.-], [-ˈʔɔː.-]
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Verb

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beordern (weak, third-person singular present beordert, past tense beorderte, past participle beordert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (military, without adverb) to order (a soldier) to come and/or present himself
    1. (especially) to order (a reservist) to present himself for active service
  2. (also military) to order to go (somewhere or assume some position) [with accusative ‘someone’ and adverb ‘somewhere’]
  3. (also military) to order [with accusative ‘someone’ and zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • beordern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • beordern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • beordern” in Duden online