sponsieren

German

Etymology

Middle High German, from Latin spondēre.

Pronunciation
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Verb

sponsieren (weak, third-person singular present sponsiert, past tense sponsierte, past participle sponsiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (chiefly obsolete) to court
    Synonyms: werben, den Hof machen
    • 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]‎:
      Ein schönes Weib ist immer schön; / Und heute, weil es mich nichts kostet, / So wollen wir getrost sponsiren gehn.
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Conjugation

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