bringen

bringen c

1. definite singular of bringe

From Middle High German bringen, from Old High German bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-.

Compare Hunsrik bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, English bring, West Frisian bringe, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪŋən/

• IPA^(key): [bʁɪŋən], [b̥ʁɪŋŋ̍] (Germany)

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• IPA^(key): [b̥riŋ(ː)ən], [b̥riŋ(ː)ɛn] (Austro-Bavarian, Swiss)

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋn̩

bringen (irregular weak, third-person singular present bringt, past tense brachte, past participle gebracht, past subjunctive brächte, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear

   Ich bringe die Katze ins Haus.

   I'm bringing the cat into the house.

2. (transitive) to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany

   Sie hat dich ins Krankenhaus gebracht.

   She brought you to the hospital.

3. (ditransitive) to cause (someone) to have (something); to cause (something) to exist for the benefit, or to the detriment, of (someone); to cause (something) to be a part of (something)

   Diese Münze bringt mir Glück.

   This coin brings me luck.

   Die Ansiedelung des Unternehmens bringt der Gemeinde viele neue Einwohner.

   The company’s setting up shop brings many new residents to the municipality.

4. (transitive) to get, to cause [with accusative ‘someone’, along with zum (+ nominalized verb) or dazu (+ zu (+ infinitive) or dass (+ clause) or omitted clause) ‘to do something’]

   Antonym: abbringen

   Sie bringt mich zum Lachen.

   She makes me laugh.

   Ich bringe Julia dazu, mich nach Hause zu fahren.

   I'll get Julia to drive me home.

   Ich kann ihn nicht dazu bringen, dass er mir die geheime Zutat verrät.

   I can't get him to tell me the secret ingredient.

   „Er verrät mir die geheime Zutat nicht!“―„Keine Sorge, ich bringe ihn schon noch dazu.“

   “He’s not telling me the secret ingredient!”―“No worries, eventually I’ll make him [tell you].”

5. (transitive, with certain phrases) to cause the action implied by a phrase to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect

   zum Ausdruck bringen ― to express

   in Einklang bringen ― to reconcile

   zu Fall bringen ― to bring down

   in Gang bringen ― to initiate

   ins Gespräch bringen ― to bring up for discussion

   in Ordnung bringen ― to put in order

   auf den Punkt bringen ― to get to the point

   in Sicherheit bringen ― to bring to safety

   in Verbindung bringen ― to associate

   auf den Weg bringen ― to set on course (initiate)

6. (transitive) to acquire; to take possession of [with an (+ reflexive pronoun)]
7. (transitive, chiefly in the negative, often with etwas or nichts) to accomplish; to yield

   Was soll das bringen? ― What's that going to accomplish?

   Das bringt doch nichts! ― That doesn't accomplish anything!

8. (colloquial, transitive, with es (or, shortend, ’s), chiefly in the negative or sarcastic) to be of use; to be helpful

   „Lass mich noch mal mit dem Löffel versuchen, diese verflixte Dose aufzukriegen.“―„Ja, das bringt’s ganz bestimmt …“

   “Let me have another go with the spoon to get this darned tin can open.”―“Yeah, that’ll help for sure …”

9. (informal, intransitive) to deliver; to perform well

   Wenn man seine Leute ordentlich behandelt, dann bringen die auch. ― If you treat your staff decently, then they actually deliver.

10. (transitive) to get over with [with hinter (+ reflexive pronoun)]

    Ich will den Tag hinter mich bringen. ― I want to get this day over with.

• “bringen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bringen”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “bringen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “bringen” in Duden online
• “bringen” in OpenThesaurus.de
• “bringen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

• brängen, brengen

From Middle Low German bringen, brengen, from Old Saxon brengian, bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-.

Compare Dutch brengen, High German bringen, English bring, West Frisian bringe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪŋən/, /ˈbrɪˑŋŋ̩/

bringen (third-person singular simple present bringt, past tense broch, past participle brocht, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. To bring, carry, deliver, supply

From Old Dutch bringan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪŋɡən/

bringen

1. to bring

• brengen

• gebringen
• verbringen
• volbringen

• Dutch: brengen, bringen (dialectal)
  • Afrikaans: bring
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bringgi
  • Negerhollands: breng, bring, briṅ
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: brink
  • →? Sranan Tongo: bringi
• Limburgish: bringe
• West Flemish: bringen

• “bringhen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bringen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

bringen

1. alternative form of bryngen

Inherited from Old High German bringan.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbrɪŋɡən/

bringen (class 1 weak, third-person singular present bringet, past tense brāhte, past participle brāht, auxiliary hān)

1. to bring

• The verb was originally strong class 3 and can be found so in some Middle High German texts. Its participle doesn't contain ge-.

original, rare

• Alemannic German: bringe
• Cimbrian: prengen
• Central Franconian: brenge

  Hunsrik: bringe

  Luxembourgish: bréngen

• German: bringen
• Rhine Franconian: brenge, bringe

  Frankfurterisch: [pʀiŋg̥ə], (older) [pʀeŋə]

  Pennsylvania German: bringe

• Vilamovian: brengia
• Yiddish: ברענגען (brengen)

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “bringen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel