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Der Manager der Hotelkette beharrt auf seinem Preis und klopft mit dem Stift auf den Tisch. The hotel chain's manager insists on his price and taps his pen on the table.

verb · C1

beharren

[bəˈhaʁən]

to insist (on), to persist

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es beharrt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es beharrte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat beharrt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich beharrebeharrtehabe beharrt
du beharrstbeharrtesthast beharrt
er/sie/es beharrtbeharrtehat beharrt
wir beharrenbeharrtenhaben beharrt
ihr beharrtbeharrtethabt beharrt
sie/Sie beharrenbeharrtenhaben beharrt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte beharrtwerde beharrenwerde beharrt haben
du hattest beharrtwirst beharrenwirst beharrt haben
er/sie/es hatte beharrtwird beharrenwird beharrt haben
wir hatten beharrtwerden beharrenwerden beharrt haben
ihr hattet beharrtwerdet beharrenwerdet beharrt haben
sie/Sie hatten beharrtwerden beharrenwerden beharrt haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich beharrte
du beharrtest
er/sie/es beharrte
wir beharrten
ihr beharrtet
sie/Sie beharrten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde beharren.

Person Imperativ
du beharr!
ihr beharrt!
Sie beharren Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix harr root en ending

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

beharrlichdie Beharrlichkeit

In Otti's situations: Frida negotiates with a client

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