To apologize/excuse oneself in German 🇩🇪

entschuldigen info.

Tips to remember the German word “entschuldigen”:
– Break it down: “entschuldigen” can be broken down into two parts: “ent-” (which can mean “un-” or “de-” in English) and “schuldigen” (which means “to blame” or “to fault”). So, you can think of “entschuldigen” as “to un-blame” or “to excuse”.
– Associate it with the English word: The English word “excuse” sounds somewhat similar to “entschuldigen”. You can make a mental connection between the two words to help you remember the German term.

Explanations:
The word “entschuldigen” is a common German verb that means “to apologize” or “to excuse oneself”. It is a reflexive verb, which means it is used with a reflexive pronoun. The reflexive pronoun for “entschuldigen” is usually “sich”, so you would say “sich entschuldigen” to mean “to apologize” or “to excuse oneself”.

Other words that mean the same thing as “entschuldigen” include “verzeihen” (to forgive), “pardonieren” (to pardon), “abbitte leisten” (to make amends), and “sich entschuldigen bei” (to apologize to).

Conjugation of “entschuldigen”:
– Present tense:
– Ich entschuldige mich – I apologize/excuse myself
– Du entschuldigst dich – You apologize/excuse yourself
– Er/sie/es entschuldigt sich – He/she/it apologizes/excuses oneself
– Wir entschuldigen uns – We apologize/excuse ourselves
– Ihr entschuldigt euch – You (plural) apologize/excuse yourselves
– Sie entschuldigen sich – They apologize/excuse themselves

– Past tense (Präteritum):
– Ich entschuldigte mich – I apologized/excused myself
– Du entschuldigtest dich – You apologized/excused yourself
– Er/sie/es entschuldigte sich – He/she/it apologized/excused oneself
– Wir entschuldigten uns – We apologized/excused ourselves
– Ihr entschuldigtet euch – You (plural) apologized/excused yourselves
– Sie entschuldigten sich – They apologized/excused themselves

– For the future tense, the auxiliary verb “werden” is used together with the infinitive form “entschuldigen”:
– Ich werde mich entschuldigen – I will apologize/excuse myself
– Du wirst dich entschuldigen – You will apologize/excuse yourself
– Er/sie/es wird sich entschuldigen – He/she/it will apologize/excuse oneself
– Wir werden uns entschuldigen – We will apologize/excuse ourselves
– Ihr werdet euch entschuldigen – You (plural) will apologize/excuse yourselves
– Sie werden sich entschuldigen – They will apologize/excuse themselves

Examples of sentences using “entschuldigen”:
1. Kannst du dich bitte bei ihm entschuldigen? – Can you please apologize to him?
2. Ich möchte mich gerne für mein Verhalten entschuldigen. – I would like to apologize for my behavior.
3. Entschuldigen Sie die Störung. – Excuse me for the interruption.

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