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befürchten: haben or sein? Perfect tense: hat befürchtet

In English: to fear, be afraid of · A2

The answer

In the Perfekt, befürchten takes: haben

Perfekt auxiliary
haben
Partizip II
befürchtet
Perfekt
hat befürchtet

Wortino stores one auxiliary per verb; some verbs can take both depending on the meaning.

Perfekt example

Das habe ich befürchtet.

I was afraid of that.

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Das haben wir befürchtet.

We feared so.

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