vorliebnehmen

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /foːɐ̯ˈliːpˌneːmən/
  • Hyphenation: vor‧lieb‧neh‧men
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Verb

vorliebnehmen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present nimmt vorlieb, past tense nahm vorlieb, past participle vorliebgenommen, past subjunctive nähme vorlieb, auxiliary haben)

  1. (+ mit) to make do with, to settle for
    Synonym: sich begnügen
    Der frühere Meister musste diesmal mit der Silbermedaille vorliebnehmen.
    The former champion had to settle for the silver medal this time.
    Die besten Plätze im Kino waren schon weg, so mussten wir mit Sitzen in der ersten Reihe vorliebnehmen.
    The best seats in the cinema had already gone, so we had to make do with seats in the first row.

Conjugation

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