neigen
In English: to tend, incline
B1VERB
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Verb forms
- Präteritum
- neigte
- Partizip II
- geneigt
- Perfekt auxiliary
- haben
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Example sentences
Ich neige zur Faulheit.
I tend to be lazy.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FREr neigte sein Haupt und betete.
He bowed his head and prayed.
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FREr neigte den Kopf.
He bowed his head.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FREr neigt dazu zu lügen.
He tends to tell lies.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRJugendliche neigen zu dieser Auffassung.
Young people tend to think so.
Tatoeba · raggione · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't forget this word
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