vortragen

Meaning

  1. (class-6, intransitive, strong) to lecture; to give a report
  2. (class-6, strong, transitive) to present; to report
  3. (class-6, strong, transitive) to recite or sing before an audience
  4. (class-6, literary, strong, transitive) to suggest or propose to a decision maker; to argue
  5. (class-6, strong, transitive) to carry or take up front
  6. (class-6, strong, transitive) to carry forward

Frequency

C2
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vortragen, vürtragen, from Old High German furitragan, from Proto-West Germanic *foradragan. Equivalent to vor- + tragen. Compare Dutch voordragen, English foredraw, Swedish föredraga.

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