vertragen

Meaning

  1. (class-6, strong, transitive) to tolerate, bear
  2. (class-6, colloquial, strong, transitive) could do with (need something that would be beneficial)
  3. (class-6, reflexive, strong) to get along with (to be together or coexist well)
  4. (class-6, reflexive, strong) to go well with, to mix well, to get on well
  5. (class-6, reflexive, strong) to make up (after a quarrel)
  6. (Switzerland, class-6, strong, transitive) to (go from house to house and) deliver something

Translations

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaːɡən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vertragen, from Old High German firtragan, fartragan, from Proto-Germanic *fradraganą, equal to ver- + tragen. Cognate with Middle Low German verdragen, Dutch verdragen.

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