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German
Etymology
First half of the 20th century, from Bon (“receipt”) + -en. The ⟨g⟩ reflects the usual pronunciation (as *bonen or *bonnen would be unrecognizable).
Pronunciation
Verb
bongen (weak, third-person singular present bongt, past tense bongte, past participle gebongt, auxiliary haben)
- to enter (an amount, a sold item) into a cash register
Die Artikel sind alle schon gebongt. Wenn Sie die jetzt doch nicht wollen, muss ich den Stornoschlüssel holen.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (colloquial, chiefly past participle) to accept, to agree to
Könnte ich diesen Freitag zur Mittagspause schon gehen? – Hm ja, ist gebongt. Freitagnachmittag wird eh nichts los sein.- Could I leave at lunchbreak this Friday? – Yeah well, it’s all right. There won’t be much going on this Friday afternoon anyway.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
bongen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
bongen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)