versichern

Meaning

  1. (weak) to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
  2. (weak) to reassure, assure
  3. (accusative, reflexive, weak) to reassure, assure
  4. (weak) to reassure, assure
  5. (dated, weak) to reassure, assure
  6. (accusative, dated, reflexive, weak) to take possession of, to secure

Frequency

C1
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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