bringen

  1. (irregular, transitive, weak) to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear
  2. (irregular, transitive, weak) to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany
  3. (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)
  4. (irregular, transitive, weak) to get, to cause
  5. (irregular, transitive, weak) to cause the action implied by a phrase to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect
  6. (irregular, transitive, weak) to acquire; to take possession of
  7. (irregular, often, transitive, weak) to accomplish; to yield
  8. (colloquial, irregular, transitive, weak) to be of use; to be helpful
  9. (informal, intransitive, irregular, weak) to deliver; to perform well
  10. (irregular, transitive, weak) to get over with

Opposite of
abbringen
Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

bringe

Aargau

Aargau

bringe

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

bringe

Bern

Bern

bringe

Zürich

Zürich

bringä

Zug

Zug

bringe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bringe

Bern

Bern

bringä

Solothurn

Solothurn

bringe

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

bringe

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

bringa

Lucerne

Lucerne

brenge

Graubünden

Graubünden

bringa

Aargau

Aargau

bringä

Thurgau

Thurgau

bringe

Valais

Valais

bringu

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

brenge

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

bringä

Fribourg

Fribourg

bringe

Lucerne

Lucerne

bringe

Obwalden

Obwalden

bringä

Zürich

Zürich

bring

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

bringä

Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

bringä

Schwyz

Schwyz

bringe

Solothurn

Solothurn

brenge

Thurgau

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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