werben

Meaning

  1. (class-3, strong, transitive) to recruit; to enlist
  2. (class-3, intransitive, strong) to promote, advertise
  3. (class-3, strong) to attract, to woo

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

werbe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

waible

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wäärbe

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɛʁbən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German werben, from Old High German werban, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban. Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), English wharve (“to turn”) Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”).

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