verdanken

German

Etymology

ver- +‎ danken

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈdaŋkən/, [fɛɐ̯ˈdaŋkŋ̍]
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Verb

verdanken (weak, third-person singular present verdankt, past tense verdankte, past participle verdankt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (with dative) to owe
    • 2019 [1979], Michael Ende, Die unendliche Geschichte, Stuttgart, Germany: Thienemann-Esslinger Verlag GmbH, →ISBN:
      Alles verdankst du der Kindlichen Kaiserin!
      You owe everything to the Childlike Empress!

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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