vollbringt

Vollbringen is a German verb that means to accomplish, to bring to completion, or to achieve. The form vollbringt is the third-person singular present indicative: er vollbringt. The prefix voll- emphasizes completion, so the verb denotes bringing something to a finished state rather than simply bringing it somewhere.

Etymology and usage notes: vollbringen comes from a combination of voll (full, complete) and bringen (to bring). It is cognate with Dutch volbrengen. In everyday usage it often appears with nouns denoting tasks or feats, such as eine Aufgabe vollbringen, eine Leistung vollbringen or eine Prüfung vollbringen. The phrase Es ist vollbracht, meaning It is finished or It is accomplished, is well known from biblical and literary German.

Conjugation and grammar: vollbringen is a non-separable, intransitive-like compound verb with inseparable prefix voll-. Present tense forms include ich vollbringe, du vollbringst, er/sie/es vollbringt, wir vollbringen, ihr vollbringt, sie/Sie vollbringen. The past participle is vollbracht, and the perfect tense is formed with haben: ich habe vollbracht. The simple past is ich vollbrachte, and related forms include vollbrachtest, vollbrachte, vollbrachten. While less common in everyday speech, forms with the subjunctive mood exist (e.g., ich vollbrächte) for hypothetical or literary contexts.

Examples: Er vollbringt heute eine schwierige Aufgabe. Die Raumfahrtmission wurde erfolgreich vollbracht. Es ist vollbracht.

Related terms: Vollendung (completion, culmination) and Erfüllung (fulfillment) are closely linked concepts. The noun form das Vollbringen is used occasionally to denote the act of accomplishing something.

See also: Vollendung, Erfüllung, Vollbringung.