schenken

Meaning

  1. (weak) to give as a present, to gift
  2. (weak) to spare one(self) (something)
  3. (formal,transitive,weak) to pour from a vessel, to serve

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
schen‧ken
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃɛŋkən/
Etymology

From Middle High German schenken, from Old High German scenken, from Proto-West Germanic *skankijan (“to pour, serve”).

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