eingehen

Meaning

  1. (class-7, dated, intransitive, literary, strong) to enter; to go inside
  2. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to arrive (of everything that can be received such postal items, reports, messages and payments)
  3. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to contract, to shrivel; (especially of clothes) to shrink in the wash
  4. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to die
  5. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to discuss; to treat; to elaborate on
  6. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to respond to; to take (a question on [with auf (+ accusative)])
  7. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to agree to; to accept (an offer)
  8. (class-7, strong, transitive) to contract; to conclude (an agreement)
  9. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to lose (badly); to fail

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

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Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaɪ̯nˌɡeːən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German īngān, from Old High German ingān, from Proto-West Germanic *ingān. Analyzable as ein- + gehen.

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