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Das Video beweist, dass Emil nicht zu schnell war. The video proves that Emil wasn't going too fast.

verb · B1

beweisen

[bəˈvaɪ̯zn̩]

to prove

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Synonyms
belegen
Antonyms
widerlegen

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es beweist What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es bewies The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat bewiesen 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 beweisebewieshabe bewiesen
du beweistbewiesesthast bewiesen
er/sie/es beweistbewieshat bewiesen
wir beweisenbewiesenhaben bewiesen
ihr beweistbewiesthabt bewiesen
sie/Sie beweisenbewiesenhaben bewiesen
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 bewiesenwerde beweisenwerde bewiesen haben
du hattest bewiesenwirst beweisenwirst bewiesen haben
er/sie/es hatte bewiesenwird beweisenwird bewiesen haben
wir hatten bewiesenwerden beweisenwerden bewiesen haben
ihr hattet bewiesenwerdet beweisenwerdet bewiesen haben
sie/Sie hatten bewiesenwerden beweisenwerden bewiesen 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 bewiese
du bewiesest
er/sie/es bewiese
wir bewiesen
ihr bewieset
sie/Sie bewiesen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du beweis!
ihr beweist!
Sie beweisen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

be prefix weis 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

der Beweisnachweisender Nachweis

In Otti's situations: Emil scratches a car

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