beg

betteln

To request the help of someone, often in the form of money

• Tom begged Mary to stay.

  Tom flehte Maria an zu bleiben.

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• I begged Tom to stay.

  Ich bat Tom inständig dazubleiben.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

betteln

To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat

betteln

To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction

betteln

To obviously lack or be in need of something

betteln

In the phrase beg the question: to assumeselten

betteln

In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question)selten

betteln

To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed forselten