German VERB B2 Rank 10834

beneiden

to envy

beneiden – beneidete – hat beneidet

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry beneiden, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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beneiden vs neidisch

jealous / envious

Neidisch and beneiden express the desire to have or be able to do something that another person possesses or can do. With neidisch, auf usually comes before the person or thing; beneiden takes the envied person as an accusative object and often uses um to state the reason. Otherwise, the meanings of the two words are very similar.

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beneiden

Ich beneide meine Schwester um ihre Fähigkeit, so gut Klavier zu spielen.

I envy my sister her ability to play the piano so well.

neidisch

Ich bin neidisch auf meine Schwester, weil sie so gut Klavier spielen kann.

I am envious of my sister because she can play the piano so well.

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