bringen
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany
- (ditransitive, irregular, weak) to cause (someone) to have (something); to cause (something) to exist for the benefit, or to the detriment, of (someone); to cause (something) to be a part of (something)
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to get, to cause
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to cause the action implied by a phrase to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to acquire; to take possession of
- (irregular, often, transitive, weak) to accomplish; to yield
- (colloquial, irregular, transitive, weak) to be of use; to be helpful
- (informal, intransitive, irregular, weak) to deliver; to perform well
- (irregular, transitive, weak) to get over with
Opposite of
abbringen
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
bringe
Aargau
bringe
St. Gallen
bringe
Bern
bringe
Zürich
bringä
Zug
bringe
Basel-Landschaft
bringe
Bern
bringä
Solothurn
bringe
Basel-Stadt
bringe
St. Gallen
bringa
Lucerne
brenge
Graubünden
bringa
Aargau
bringä
Thurgau
bringe
Valais
bringu
Appenzell Innerrhoden
brenge
Basel-Stadt
bringä
Fribourg
bringe
Lucerne
bringe
Obwalden
bringä
Zürich
bring
St. Gallen
bringä
Schaffhausen
bringä
Schwyz
bringe
Solothurn
brenge
Thurgau
bringä
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbrɪŋən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German bringen, from Old High German bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-. Compare Hunsrik bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, English bring, West Frisian bringe, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (briggan).
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