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Examples from texts

"A Regian king is preferable to a beggar queen.
"Ein regianischer König ist einer Bettlerkönigin vorzuziehen.
Alexander, Lloyd / KestrelAlexander, Lloyd / Der Turmfalke
Der Turmfalke
Alexander, Lloyd
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
© 1982 by Lloyd Alexander
Kestrel
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1982
If it isn’t a beggar, it’s a merchant, and if it isn’t a merchant, it’s a tradesman, and if it isn’t alms he wants, then he presents me with a bill.
Wenn es kein Bettler ist, dann ist es ein Händler, und wenn es kein Händler ist, dann ist es ein Handwerker, und wenn er kein Almosen will, dann präsentiert er eine Rechnung.
Suskind, Patrick / Perfume. The story of a murdererSüskind, Patrick / Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines Morders
Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines Morders
Süskind, Patrick
© 1985 Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Suskind, Patrick
© 1986 by Alfred A. Knopf
© 1985 by Diogenes Verlag AG
I need not explain to you that the young man was Antonio, and the old woman the beggar who said she was his old nurse.
Bedarf es denn noch gesagt zu werden, daß der Jüngling Antonio, die Alte aber das Bettelweib von der Franziskanertreppe war, das durchaus seine Amme sein wollte?
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
And in the silence the beggar would ask, in a boyish lisp out of some eastern preparatory school: "Mister Dockawee, might I have a beah pwease?"
In die Stille hinein fragte der Bettler dann mit seinem Sprachfehler: "Mitßter Dockewy, kann ich bitte tßehr 'n Bier haben?
Algren, Nelson / A Walk on the Wild SideAlgren, Nelson / Wildnis des Lebens
Wildnis des Lebens
Algren, Nelson
© 1956 by Nelson Algren
© 1988 by Zweitausendeins, Postfach, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 61
A Walk on the Wild Side
Algren, Nelson
© 1956 by Nelson Algren
© renewed 1984 by the Estate of Nelson Algren
The beggar of the Franciscan porch disappeared, and in her stead people saw Antonio's housekeeper, in good clothes, limping about San Marco, and buying the household necessaries.
Das Bettelweib auf der Franziskanertreppe war verschwunden und statt ihrer sah man die Haushälterin des Herrn Antonio in anständigen Matronenkleidern auf San Marco herumhinken und die Bedürfnisse der Tafel einkaufen.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Kings and sheep and whinnying horses and serving maids and beggar boys gathered together in the frosty imagined night.
Könige, Schafe, wiehernde Pferde, Dienstmädchen und Betderjungen scharten sich zusammen in Bethlehems eiskalter Nacht.
Alvarez, Julia / How The Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsAlvarez, Julia / Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verloren
Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verloren
Alvarez, Julia
© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
© ECON Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Dusseldorf und Wien
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Alvarez, Julia
© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
For a new infirmary, a beggars' refuge, or somewhere for orphans to go ...
Für ein neues Siechenhaus, eine Herberge für die Bettler oder einen Platz für die Waisen...
Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, Cornelia
©2007 by Dressler Verlag
©2008 by Anthea Bell
Were they now to be beggared as Kuwait overproduced and drove the oil price downward?
Sollten sie jetzt verarmen, weil Kuwait seine Förderquote überschritt und so den Ölpreis drückte?
Forsyth, Frederick / The fist of godForsyth, Frederick / Die Faust Gottes
Die Faust Gottes
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1994 by Transworld Publisher Ltd., London
© 1994 by C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München
The fist of god
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1995 by Bantam Books
"Aye, laddie," Callahan agreed, "and if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
»Aye, Sohnemann«, sagte Callahan. »Und wenn Wünsche Pferde wären, würden Bettler reiten.
King, Stephen / The Dark Tower 6: The Song of SusannahKing, Stephen / Der dunkle Turm 6: Susannah
Der dunkle Turm 6: Susannah
King, Stephen
© 2003 by Stephen King
© 2003 der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
The Dark Tower 6: The Song of Susannah
King, Stephen
© 2004 by Stephen King

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Collocations

lucky beggar
Glückspilz
beggar woman
Bettlerin
poor beggar
armer Bettler

Word forms

beggar

noun
SingularPlural
Common casebeggarbeggars
Possessive casebeggar'sbeggars'

beggar

verb
Basic forms
Pastbeggared
Imperativebeggar
Present Participle (Participle I)beggaring
Past Participle (Participle II)beggared
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I beggarwe beggar
you beggaryou beggar
he/she/it beggarsthey beggar
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am beggaringwe are beggaring
you are beggaringyou are beggaring
he/she/it is beggaringthey are beggaring
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have beggaredwe have beggared
you have beggaredyou have beggared
he/she/it has beggaredthey have beggared
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been beggaringwe have been beggaring
you have been beggaringyou have been beggaring
he/she/it has been beggaringthey have been beggaring
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I beggaredwe beggared
you beggaredyou beggared
he/she/it beggaredthey beggared
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was beggaringwe were beggaring
you were beggaringyou were beggaring
he/she/it was beggaringthey were beggaring
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had beggaredwe had beggared
you had beggaredyou had beggared
he/she/it had beggaredthey had beggared
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been beggaringwe had been beggaring
you had been beggaringyou had been beggaring
he/she/it had been beggaringthey had been beggaring
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will beggarwe shall/will beggar
you will beggaryou will beggar
he/she/it will beggarthey will beggar
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be beggaringwe shall/will be beggaring
you will be beggaringyou will be beggaring
he/she/it will be beggaringthey will be beggaring
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have beggaredwe shall/will have beggared
you will have beggaredyou will have beggared
he/she/it will have beggaredthey will have beggared
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been beggaringwe shall/will have been beggaring
you will have been beggaringyou will have been beggaring
he/she/it will have been beggaringthey will have been beggaring
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would beggarwe should/would beggar
you would beggaryou would beggar
he/she/it would beggarthey would beggar
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be beggaringwe should/would be beggaring
you would be beggaringyou would be beggaring
he/she/it would be beggaringthey would be beggaring
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have beggaredwe should/would have beggared
you would have beggaredyou would have beggared
he/she/it would have beggaredthey would have beggared
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been beggaringwe should/would have been beggaring
you would have been beggaringyou would have been beggaring
he/she/it would have been beggaringthey would have been beggaring
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am beggaredwe are beggared
you are beggaredyou are beggared
he/she/it is beggaredthey are beggared
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being beggaredwe are being beggared
you are being beggaredyou are being beggared
he/she/it is being beggaredthey are being beggared
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been beggaredwe have been beggared
you have been beggaredyou have been beggared
he/she/it has been beggaredthey have been beggared
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was beggaredwe were beggared
you were beggaredyou were beggared
he/she/it was beggaredthey were beggared
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being beggaredwe were being beggared
you were being beggaredyou were being beggared
he/she/it was being beggaredthey were being beggared
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been beggaredwe had been beggared
you had been beggaredyou had been beggared
he/she/it had been beggaredthey had been beggared
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be beggaredwe shall/will be beggared
you will be beggaredyou will be beggared
he/she/it will be beggaredthey will be beggared
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been beggaredwe shall/will have been beggared
you will have been beggaredyou will have been beggared
he/she/it will have been beggaredthey will have been beggared