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Detailed Translations for forgive from English to German

forgive:

to forgive verb (forgives, forgave, forgiving)

  1. to forgive (excuse; pardon; give away; misdeal)
    vergeben; verzeihen; Verzeihung gewären
  2. to forgive (let off)
    erlassen
    • erlassen verb (erlasse, erläßt, erließ, erließt, erlassen)
  3. to forgive (excuse)
    entschuldigen; verzeihen
    • entschuldigen verb (entschuldige, entschuldigst, entschuldigt, entschuldigte, entschuldigtet, entschuldigt)
    • verzeihen verb (verzeihe, verzeihst, verzeiht, verzieh, verzieht, verziehen)

Conjugations for forgive:

present
  1. forgive
  2. forgive
  3. forgives
  4. forgive
  5. forgive
  6. forgive
simple past
  1. forgave
  2. forgave
  3. forgave
  4. forgave
  5. forgave
  6. forgave
present perfect
  1. have forgiven
  2. have forgiven
  3. has forgiven
  4. have forgiven
  5. have forgiven
  6. have forgiven
past continuous
  1. was forgiving
  2. were forgiving
  3. was forgiving
  4. were forgiving
  5. were forgiving
  6. were forgiving
future
  1. shall forgive
  2. will forgive
  3. will forgive
  4. shall forgive
  5. will forgive
  6. will forgive
continuous present
  1. am forgiving
  2. are forgiving
  3. is forgiving
  4. are forgiving
  5. are forgiving
  6. are forgiving
subjunctive
  1. be forgiven
  2. be forgiven
  3. be forgiven
  4. be forgiven
  5. be forgiven
  6. be forgiven
diverse
  1. forgive!
  2. let's forgive!
  3. forgiven
  4. forgiving
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for forgive:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Verzeihung gewären excuse; forgive; give away; misdeal; pardon
entschuldigen excuse; forgive allow; apologise; apologize; excuse; pardon
erlassen forgive; let off charge; command; order; relieve someone of an obligation
vergeben excuse; forgive; give away; misdeal; pardon board out; bring down; give away; put out; take down
verzeihen excuse; forgive; give away; misdeal; pardon

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Related Definitions for "forgive":

  1. stop blaming or grant forgiveness1
    • I forgave him his infidelity1
    • She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday1
  2. absolve from payment1
    • I forgive you your debt1

Wiktionary Translations for forgive:

forgive
verb
  1. (transitiv): etwas verteilen oder weggeben
  2. jemandem etwas nachsehen

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
forgive vergeben vergeven — vergiffenis schenken
forgive entschuldigen; verzeihen excuserdisculper dans une certaine mesure, présenter une personne ou une action comme moins coupable qu’elle ne sembler.
forgive entschuldigen; verzeihen pardonneraccorder le pardon d’une faute commettre, ne garder aucun ressentiment d’une injure recevoir. — usage En ce sens il a toujours le nom de la chose pour complément direct et le nom de la personne pour complément indirect avec la préposition.

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