beitragen

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German

Etymology

bei- +‎ tragen

Pronunciation

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Verb

beitragen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present trägt bei, past tense trug bei, past participle beigetragen, past subjunctive trüge bei, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to contribute to (to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole)
    wesentlich dazu beitragen.to significantly contribute to.
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 2/2010, page 125:
      Kohlendioxid trägt durch seine Menge mehr als jedes andere Treibhausgas zum Klimawandel bei, doch seine Konzentration in der Luft beträgt weniger als 0,04 Prozent.
      Carbon dioxide contributes by its amount more than any other greenhouse gas to climate change, but its concentration in the air is less than 0.04 percent.

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Further reading

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