vorgeben

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German

Etymology

Equivalent to vor- +‎ geben, see also Middle Low German vȫrgēven (pretend), English foregive, and Danish foregive (pretend).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡeːbn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: vor‧ge‧ben

Verb

vorgeben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt vor, past tense gab vor, past participle vorgegeben, past subjunctive gäbe vor, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pretend
    Wir mussten vorgeben, lesbisch zu sein.We had to pretend that we were lesbians.
  2. to purport, to allege, to profess, to claim
  3. to dictate, to predefine
    US-Konzerne, die mit ihren Geschäftsmodellen die Regeln für alle anderen Unternehmen vorgeben.
    US companies which, with their business models, predefine the rules for all other businesses.

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Further reading

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