1. to cost, to try, to attempt (also works for food, but mostly used for other stuff)
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A fun look at the meaning of "Kostehäppchen", the weird double meaning of “kosten” and the difference to “probieren”.
Vocab:
kosten, kostbar, kostenlos, probieren, der Bissen
Today, we'll take a look at the meaning of "suchen" and go over all its useful prefix versions and see what visiting, trying and choosing has to do with search.
Vocab:
suchen, die Suche, versuchen, der Versuch, aussuchen, durchsuchen, untersuchen, besuchen, der Besuch
Word Family
Root: *bheu-
The core idea of this root was:
being, existing, growing
The most famous English offspring is to be and the German forms bin and bist, but there are quite a few other interesting family members to be found.
Here’s an (incomplete) overview:
- physics, physical, … (“the existing, tangible world”)
- the beam (originally: “what’s existing, tree”)
- build (first “dwelling”, then “building a house”)
- neighbor (literally: “near-dweller”)
- husband (originally: “house dweller”)
- fiat (Latin for “be done”)
- future (Latin form for “going to be”)
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