German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sānāre, sānō (I heal).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zaˈniːʁən]
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  • Hyphenation: sa‧nie‧ren

Verb

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sanieren (weak, third-person singular present saniert, past tense sanierte, past participle saniert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (construction) to redevelop
    Synonym: renovieren
  2. (construction) to reconstruct
  3. (finance) to rehabilitate
    Synonym: gesunden
  4. (medicine) to cure
    Synonyms: behandeln, heilen

Usage notes

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Renovieren and sanieren are sometimes used as synonyms. In technical language sanieren implies an improvement whereas renovieren means restoring an object to the previous condition.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • sanieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sanieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sanieren” in Duden online
  • sanieren” in OpenThesaurus.de