bestrafen: haben or sein? Perfect tense: hat bestraft

In English: to punish · B1

The answer

In the Perfekt, bestrafen takes: haben

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

Ich habe meinen Sohn bestraft.

I punished my son.

Tatoeba · Luiaard · CC BY 2.0 FR

Er hat seine Kinder bestraft.

He punished his children.

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