überbrücken

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German

Etymology

über- +‎ brücken. Inherited from Middle High German überbrücken, compare Dutch overbruggen, Swedish överbrygga, Old English oferbrycgian.

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  • Hyphenation: über‧brü‧cken

Verb

überbrücken (weak, third-person singular present überbrückt, past tense überbrückte, past participle überbrückt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bridge
    • 1911, Carl Schurz, Lebenserinnerungen, Georg Reimer, page 59:
      Nach vollendetem Universitätskursus hoffte ich die erwerbslose Privatdozentenperiode bis zur Erlangung einer Professur mit dem Ertrag literarischer Arbeiten überbrücken zu können.
      After the completed university course I hoped to be able to bridge the unpaid period of being a private lecturer until the obtaining of a professorship with the earnings of literary works.

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