verbringen
German
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editverbringen (irregular weak, third-person singular present verbringt, past tense verbrachte, past participle verbracht, past subjunctive verbrächte, auxiliary haben) (transitive)
- (transitive) to spend, to pass (a period of time)
- Wo werden Sie die Nacht verbringen?
- Where will you spend the night?
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 78:
- Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den großen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schönsten Stunden.
- She liked best to escape from all of that into the big garden. There she spent her most pleasant hours.
- to move completely
- 2018, Helmut Krenek, Mietrecht. Kommentar, 2nd edition, Berlin: Erich Schmidt, →ISBN, § 546 Rn. 14:
- Ferner sind sämtliche, vom Mieter eingebrachte Gegenstände aus den Räumen oder den Nebenräumen zu verbringen.
- Furthermore all items introduced by the lessee have to be moved completely out of the rooms and ancillary rooms.
- (chiefly archaic) to bring about, to make reality and somehow complete, to fullbring
- Synonyms: vollbringen, vollführen
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verbringen | ||||
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present participle | verbringend | ||||
past participle | verbracht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verbringe | wir verbringen | i | ich verbringe | wir verbringen |
du verbringst | ihr verbringt | du verbringest | ihr verbringet | ||
er verbringt | sie verbringen | er verbringe | sie verbringen | ||
preterite | ich verbrachte | wir verbrachten | ii | ich verbrächte1 | wir verbrächten1 |
du verbrachtest | ihr verbrachtet | du verbrächtest1 | ihr verbrächtet1 | ||
er verbrachte | sie verbrachten | er verbrächte1 | sie verbrächten1 | ||
imperative | verbring (du) verbringe (du) |
verbringt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “verbringen” in Duden online
- “verbringen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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