versorgen

German

Etymology

ver- +‎ sorgen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔʁɡn̩], [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔʁɡŋ̩]
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧sor‧gen

Verb

versorgen (weak, third-person singular present versorgt, past tense versorgte, past participle versorgt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to look after
  2. (medicine, first-aid) to treat
  3. to supply [with accusative ‘someone/somewhere’ and mit (+ dative) ‘with something needed’]
  4. to provide for (a family etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • versorgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • versorgen” in Duden online
  • versorgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon