gab
Meaning
first/third-person singular preterite of geben
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaːp/
New
geben
- (class-5,ditransitive,strong) to give (changing ownership)
- (class-5,ditransitive,strong) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
- (class-5,impersonal,strong,transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there is/are or there exist(s)
- (class-5,ditransitive,strong,transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign)
- (class-5,strong,transitive) to present; to put
- (class-5,strong,transitive) to result in
- (class-5,strong,uncommon) to think
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Sentences
Na gut 👍 , gab sich mein Gesprächspartner geschlagen .
👍
All right, my interlocutor was defeated.
Auch hier gab es vielfältige Möglichkeiten .
Here, too, there were many possibilities.
Während der Produktion dieser Generation gab es relativ wenige funktionelle Veränderungen .
During the production of this generation, there were relatively few functional changes.
Vor allem klimatisch weniger begünstige Lagen gab man 1️⃣ vollständig auf .
1️⃣
Above all, climatically less favorable locations were completely abandoned.