verleihen

Meaning

  1. (class-1, strong, transitive) to award (someone an honor, a medal, etc); to confer (a title or degree upon someone)
  2. (class-1, strong, transitive) to lend (something to someone, for a finite period of time)
  3. (class-1, strong, transitive) to vest (a power in someone), to give (a right to someone)
  4. (class-1, strong, transitive) to give (an attribute to something)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

verlyyche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯ən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German verlīhen, from Old High German firlīhan. Equivalent to ver- + leihen.

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