Usage examples of "gehorchen" in German with translation to English

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Kinder müssen ihren Eltern gehorchen. Children are to obey their parents.
Soldaten müssen ihren Kommandanten gehorchen. Soldiers must obey their commanders.
Kinder sollen ihren Eltern gehorchen. Children are to obey their parents.
Kinder sollten ihren Eltern gehorchen. Children should obey their parents.
Soldaten müssen ihren Befehlshabern gehorchen. Soldiers must obey their commanders.
Wir sollten unseren Eltern gehorchen. We should obey our parents.
Du solltest deinen Eltern gehorchen. You should obey your parents.
Du musst deinen Eltern gehorchen. You have to obey your parents.
Sie gehorchen nicht immer ihren Eltern. They don't always obey their parents.
Ich befehle dir, meinen Befehlen nicht zu gehorchen. I'm ordering you not to obey my orders.
Der Schüler weigerte sich, seinem Lehrer zu gehorchen. The student refused to obey his teacher.
Gibt es irgendeinen Grund, warum ich ihm gehorchen sollte? Is there any reason why I must obey him?
Tom meint, dass Kindern in Schulen beigebracht werden sollte, der Obrigkeit zu gehorchen. Tom thinks that schools should teach children to obey authority.
Spielen wir Cowboy und Indianer? Ich erkläre mich selbst zum Sheriff und ihr müsst mir alle gehorchen. Shall we play cowboy and Indians? I declare myself a sheriff, and you all must obey me.
Sie gehorchten ihren Eltern nicht. They didn't obey their parents.
Sie gehorchten dem Befehl ihres Führers. They submitted to their leader's order.
Hör auf zu klagen und gehorche! Stop complaining and obey!
Tom gehorcht seinen Eltern nicht immer. Tom doesn't always obey his parents.
Nicht immer gehorcht Tom seinen Eltern. Tom doesn't always obey his parents.
Ein Mann wählt aus, ein Sklave gehorcht. A man chooses; a slave obeys.
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