prägen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bræchen/præchen (“to press in, to depict”), from Old High German giprāhhan/prāhhan (“to press in or scratch by breaking the surface”), from the 1st and 3rd person plural preterite forms of prēchan/prāchun (“to break”); likely related to brechen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʁɛːɡŋ̩], [ˈpʁɛːɡən] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʁeːɡŋ̩], [ˈpʁeːɡən] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio(file)

Verb

prägen (weak, third-person singular present prägt, past tense prägte, past participle geprägt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to mint
  2. to shape
  3. to characterize

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “prägen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “prägen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “prägen” in Duden online
  • “prägen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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