ich zögere

hesitate

→ zögern

zöger hesitate + e Present subjunctive (1st/3rd person singular)

verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, present tense Rare #49,360

hesitate Can mean “I hesitate” or be an informal singular command: “hesitate.”

GE: Ich zögere noch, bevor ich antworte.

EN: I’m still hesitating before I answer.

Conjugation of zögern

Subjunctive present

	Singular	Plural
First	zögere	zögern
Third	zögere	zögern

I hesitate to pay that much for a suit.

I am still hesitating even now, as I write this letter.

— Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

I hesitate to spend that much on a suit.

Please don’t wait another day!

— Nowhere in Africa (2001)