werben
Meaning
- (class-3, strong, transitive) to recruit; to enlist
- (class-3, intransitive, strong) to promote, advertise
- (class-3, strong) to attract, to woo
Concepts
Synonyms
die Werbetrommel rühren
Rummel machen um
Publicity machen für
Reklame machen
Werbung machen
ranschmeißen
hinter jemandem her sein
bemühen um
heranmachen
eintreten für
zum Anhänger machen
sich verkaufen
aus dem Fenster hängen
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
werbe
Basel-Landschaft
waible
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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