Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #75
Word (Wort)

dürfen

Translation (Übersetzung) may, to be allowed to
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /ˈdʏrfən/
A1
Verbs
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Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common verb modal permission
Modal verb meaning 'may' or 'to be allowed to'. Expresses permission or possibility. Seventy-fifth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Darf ich hereinkommen?
May I come in?
permission question
Du darfst gehen.
You may go.
giving permission
Man darf hier nicht rauchen.
One may not smoke here.
prohibition
Ich habe es nicht gedurft.
I was not allowed to do it.
perfect tense

Conjugations (Konjugationen)

Present Tense (Präsens)

ich darf
du darfst
er/sie/es darf
wir dürfen
ihr dürft
sie/Sie dürfen

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
dürfen + infinitive
may + verb, to be allowed to + verb
High frequency
nicht dürfen
may not, not allowed to
High frequency
darf ich
may I, can I
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
darf ich
may I, can I
Polite way to ask for permission
Synonyms (Synonyme)
können Medium similarity
Can (ability vs. permission)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
nicht dürfen
May not, not allowed (negation)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

können müssen sollen Verb

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