versprechen

Signification

1. (class-4,strong,transitive) to promise
2. (class-4,dative,reflexive,strong,transitive) to expect (something positive); to hope for
3. (class-4,reflexive,strong) to promise oneself
4. (class-4,reflexive,strong) to make a verbal slip; to misspeak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fərˈʃprɛçən/

Étymologie

From Middle High German versprechen (“to guarantee”), from Old High German firsprehhan (“to defend verbally, to warrant”), from Proto-West Germanic *frasprekan. Analyzable as ver- + sprechen. The sense “to misspeak” is a later transparent derivation (see the prefix).