verbringen

From Middle High German verbringen, from Old High German firbringan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ bringen.

• IPA^(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɪŋən]

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋn̩
• Hyphenation: ver‧brin‧gen

verbringen (irregular weak, third-person singular present verbringt, past tense verbrachte, past participle verbracht, past subjunctive verbrächte, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

1. (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.

2. 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.

3. (chiefly archaic) to bring about, to make reality and somehow complete, to fullbring

   Synonyms: vollbringen, vollführen

• Verbringen
• Verbringung

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