Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #2500
Word (Wort)

beneiden

Translation (Übersetzung) to envy
Pronunciation (Aussprache) [bəˈnaɪ̯dn̩]
B1
Verbs
Intermediate
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
verb regular social emotion weak verb
A regular weak verb that takes a direct object (accusative). Often used to express admiration mixed with jealousy.

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beneiden is a German Verbs

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beneiden Examples (Beispiele) in English

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Ich beneide dich um deine Sprachkenntnisse.
I envy you for your language skills.
Expressing admiration for someone's abilities
Viele Menschen beneiden ihn um seinen Erfolg.
Many people envy him for his success.
Describing general envy toward a successful person
Sie beneidete ihre Freundin nie um ihr schönes Haus.
She never envied her friend for her beautiful house.
Negative statement about not feeling envy

beneiden Conjugations (Konjugationen)

beneiden conjugation (beneiden Konjugation) in all German tenses: Präsens (Present), Präteritum (Past), Perfekt (Perfect), Futur I & II, Konjunktiv I & II, and Imperativ (Imperative). Learn how to conjugate beneiden with our complete conjugation table below.

Present Tense (Präsens)

ich
beneide
du
beneidest
er/sie/es
beneidet
wir
beneiden
ihr
beneidet
sie/Sie
beneiden

Simple Past (Präteritum)

ich
beneidete
du
beneidetest
er/sie/es
beneidete
wir
beneideten
ihr
beneidetet
sie/Sie
beneideten

Perfect Tense (Perfekt)

ich
habe beneidet
du
hast beneidet
er/sie/es
hat beneidet
wir
haben beneidet
ihr
habt beneidet
sie/Sie
haben beneidet

Future I (Futur I)

ich
werde beneiden
du
wirst beneiden
er/sie/es
wird beneiden
wir
werden beneiden
ihr
werdet beneiden
sie/Sie
werden beneiden

Future II (Futur II)

ich
werde beneidet haben
du
wirst beneidet haben
er/sie/es
wird beneidet haben
wir
werden beneidet haben
ihr
werdet beneidet haben
sie/Sie
werden beneidet haben

Imperative (Imperativ)

beneiden Sie

Subjunctive I (Konjunktiv I)

ich
beneide
du
beneidest
er/sie/es
beneide
wir
beneiden
ihr
beneidet
sie/Sie
beneiden

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II)

ich
beneidete
du
beneidetest
er/sie/es
beneidete
wir
beneideten
ihr
beneidetet
sie/Sie
beneideten

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt)

ich
hatte beneidet
du
hattest beneidet
er/sie/es
hatte beneidet
wir
hatten beneidet
ihr
hattet beneidet
sie/Sie
hatten beneidet

beneiden Word Family - beneiden Related Words - beneiden Family Members

beneiden Word Family (Wortfamilie)

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root (Wurzel)
Neid
Meaning: envy
Example: Sein Neid auf ihren Erfolg war offensichtlich.
Noun
adjective (Adjektiv)
neidisch
Meaning: envious
Example: Sie war neidisch auf ihre Schwester.
Adjective
noun (person) (Nomen (Person))
Neider
Meaning: envious person
Example: Er hatte viele Neider in seiner Firma.
Noun

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beneiden Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

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beneiden Collocations (Kollokationen)

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jemanden um etwas beneiden
to envy someone for something
High frequency
jemanden um sein Glück beneiden
to envy someone for their happiness
High frequency
jemanden um seinen Erfolg beneiden
to envy someone for their success
Medium frequency
jemanden um sein Talent beneiden
to envy someone for their talent
Medium frequency
jemanden um sein Aussehen beneiden
to envy someone for their appearance
Medium frequency
jemanden um seine Freiheit beneiden
to envy someone for their freedom
Low frequency
jemanden um seine Jugend beneiden
to envy someone for their youth
Low frequency

beneiden Idioms (Redewendungen)

beneiden idioms and expressions. Learn German idioms containing beneiden with meanings and explanations. Master beneiden expressions used in everyday German.

Grün vor Neid sein
to be green with envy
To be extremely envious of someone
Neid ist die aufrichtigste Form der Anerkennung
Envy is the sincerest form of flattery
When someone envies you, it means they genuinely admire what you have

beneiden Synonyms (Synonyme)

beneiden synonyms - words with similar meanings. Find alternative words for beneiden and expand your German vocabulary. Learn beneiden similar words and their usage.

neiden
Meaning: to envy
High similarity
missgönnen
Meaning: to begrudge
Medium similarity
bewundern
Meaning: to admire
Low similarity
begehren
Meaning: to desire, covet
Medium similarity
gönnen
Meaning: to be happy for someone
Low similarity

beneiden Antonyms (Antonyme)

beneiden antonyms - opposite words. Learn words with opposite meanings to beneiden. Discover beneiden opposite words and expand your German vocabulary.

gönnen
Meaning: to be happy for someone
mitleiden
Meaning: to sympathize
gleichgültig sein
Meaning: to be indifferent
verachten
Meaning: to despise

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beneiden Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

beneiden semantically related words - words that are conceptually or thematically related to beneiden. Explore beneiden related vocabulary and discover words in the same semantic field. Learn beneiden contextually related words to expand your German vocabulary.

Eifersucht Missgunst Bewunderung Gier Wunsch

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