imponieren

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impōnere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmpoˈniːʁən/
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Verb

imponieren (weak, third-person singular present imponiert, past tense imponierte, past participle imponiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to impress
    • 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel]‎, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      Da war zunächst Otto Hartner, ein Stuttgarter Professorensohn, begabt, ruhig, selbstsicher und im Benehmen tadellos. Er war breit und stattlich gewachsen und gut gekleidet und imponierte der Stube durch sein festes, tüchtiges Auftreten.
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