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German
Etymology
From Latin prōmoveō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁomoˈviːɐ̯n/, /pʁomoˈviːʁən/
Verb
promovieren (weak, third-person singular present promoviert, past tense promovierte, past participle promoviert, auxiliary haben)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (education) to promote
- (intransitive) to do one's doctorate
1748, Grosses vollständiges Universal Lexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste, welche bisshero durch menschlichen Verstand und Witz erfunden und verbessert worden, volume 56, →OCLC, page 271:[…] ; weil der Pabst Pius der Vierte noch in diesem Jahre eine Bulle publiciret, vermöge welcher alle, die auf Katholischen Universitäten promoviren wolten, zur Ablegung ihres Katholischen Glaubens-Bekänntnisses nach der Botschrifft des Iridentinischen Concilii verpflichtet würden; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to confer a doctorate (the verb's subject is usually a university or a doctoral supervisor)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
promovieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
promovieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Verb
promovieren
- third-person plural future subjunctive of promover