bezahle

Bezahle is the first-person singular present tense form of the German verb bezahlen, which means to pay or to pay for something. The base infinitive is bezahlen, and the past participle is bezahlt. The verb is commonly used in everyday transactions to indicate settling a sum of money.

Bezahlen is a transitive verb that requires a direct object, typically a bill, invoice, debt, or item being purchased. It is frequently followed by the thing being paid, as in ich bezahle die Rechnung or wir bezahlen den Artikel heute. It can also be used with a prepositional phrase to indicate whom the payment is for, for example ich bezahle für dich (I will pay for you). The prefix be- in this verb is inseparable, so the verb form does not move in sentences as some separable-prefix verbs do.

Grammatical forms include ich bezahle, du bezahlst, er/sie/es bezahlt in the present indicative; ich bezahlte in the simple past; ich habe bezahlt in the present perfect. The past participle is bezahlt. The infinitive is bezahlen, and the noun form for the act of paying is Bezahlung or Zahlung, depending on context.

Usage notes: bezahle is used for direct monetary payments and can denote settling a debt or a bill. It can be paired with various payment media or methods, such as bar, Kreditkarte, or online transfer. While bezahlbar means payable or affordable when used as an adjective, the verb bezahlens itself is focused on the act of paying.

See also: Zahlung (payment), Bezahlung, Zahlungsverfahren, bezahlen im Sprachgebrauch.