fordern
to demand, to require
English translations
- 01
demand
- 02
request
- 03
call for
- 04
urge
Word details
- German meaning
- Etwas mit Nachdruck verlangen oder beanspruchen.
- English meaning
- To demand
- Synonym
- verlangen, einfordern
- German example
- Die Arbeiter fordern höhere Löhne.
- English example
- The workers are demanding higher wages.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich fordre du forderst er/sie/es ich fordert wir fordern ihr forderet sie fordern
- Past Participle
- ich habe gefordert du hast gefordert er/sie/es hat gefordert wir haben gefordert ihr habt gefordert sie haben gefordert
- Past
- ich forderte du fordertest er/sie/es forderte wir forderten ihr fordertet sie forderten
Related words
- abfordern
Demand
- vorfordern
to demand in advance
- erfordern
require
- anfordern
Request
- zurückfordern
To reclaim
- unterfordern
To underchallenge
- überfordern
To overwhelm
- auffordern
To request
- herausfordern
to challenge
- Erfordernis
Requirement
- provozieren
To provoke means to deliberately annoy or challenge someone in order to elicit a reaction.
- urgieren
To urge means to request something forcefully or insist on something, often in a formal or official way.
- fodern
Demand
- geltend machen
To assert, to claim
- abfragen
Query, retrieve, interrogate
- überlasten
to overload
- anfechten
Contest
- mühsam
Tedious
- berufen
To appoint, to call
- kess
Cheeky
- akrobatisch
Acrobatic
- aufreizend
Provocative
- kräftezehrend
Exhausting, strenuous
- provokativ
Provocative
- trutzig
defiant, obstinate
- Adoleszenz
Adolescence
- Wolframcarbid
Tungsten carbide
- überbeanspruchen
to overstrain
- postulieren
to postulate
- berufen
To appoint, to call
- ordern
To order
- bedingen
To cause, to require
- heischen
To demand, to claim
- einmahnen
To dun
- eintreiben
to collect, to recover
- kühn
Bold
- anspruchsvoll
Demanding
- unverfroren
brazen, audacious
- Anspruch
claim
- Gläubiger
A creditor is a person or institution to whom another person or institution (the debtor) owes money or a service.
- ermahnen
To admonish
- Blutrache
Blood feud refers to a traditional form of self-justice where the relatives of a victim demand the death of the perpetrator or their family to restore honor.
- Regierungsgeschäfte
Government affairs
- Eintreibung
Debt collection
- insistieren
To insist
- requirieren
Requisition
- beanspruchen
Claim
- entführen
To kidnap
- mahnen
to urge, to remind
Example sentences with “fordern”
Die Gewerkschaft fordert mehr Lohn. (The union demands higher wages.)
Frequently asked questions
Difference between 'fordern' and 'fördern'?
'Fordern' is to demand/require; 'fördern' is to support/promote/extract.