versichern
Meaning
- (weak) to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
- (weak) to reassure, assure
- (accusative, reflexive, weak) to reassure, assure
- (weak) to reassure, assure
- (dated, weak) to reassure, assure
- (accusative, dated, reflexive, weak) to take possession of, to secure
Concepts
declare
make certain
state definitively
Synonyms
beeiden
Gewähr übernehmen
Zweifel ausräumen
Zweifel zerstreuen
Zweifel beseitigen
ausdrücklich sagen
steif und fest behaupten
entschieden behaupten
fest behaupten
bestimmt behaupten
offen aussprechen
entschieden erklären
klagen über
in eine Versicherung eintreten
eine Versicherung abschließen
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ferˈzɪçərn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German versichern. Equivalen to ver- + sichern. The insurance sense (17th c.) is a calque of Italian assicurare.
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