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German
Etymology
ver- + bringen
Pronunciation
Verb
verbringen (irregular weak, third-person singular present verbringt, past tense verbrachte, past participle verbracht, past subjunctive verbrächte, auxiliary haben) (transitive)
- (transitive) to spend, to pass (a period of time)
Wo werden Sie die Nacht verbringen?- Where will you spend the night?
1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 78:Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den großen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schönsten Stunden.- She liked best to escape from all of that into the big garden. There she spent her most pleasant hours.
- to move completely
2018, Helmut Krenek, Mietrecht. Kommentar, 2nd edition, Berlin: Erich Schmidt, →ISBN, § 546 Rn. 14:Ferner sind sämtliche, vom Mieter eingebrachte Gegenstände aus den Räumen oder den Nebenräumen zu verbringen.- Furthermore all items introduced by the lessee have to be moved completely out of the rooms and ancillary rooms.
- (chiefly archaic) to bring about, to make reality and somehow complete, to fullbring
- Synonyms: vollbringen, vollführen
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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