Meaning

  1. (class-5, strong, transitive) to step in, fill (a stead, gap)
  2. (class-5, common, strong, transitive) to fill in for, to substitute
  3. (broadly, class-5, strong, transitive) to represent
  4. (class-5, strong, transitive) to advocate, defend (a cause), to hold (an opinion)
  5. (class-5, strong, transitive) to go for a walk (especially after a long period of sitting)
  6. (class-5, strong, transitive) to sprain one’s leg/foot/knee/ankle

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Fribourg

Fribourg

vortrait

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vertrëten, from Old High German firtretan, from Proto-West Germanic *fratredan. By surface analysis, ver- + treten. Compare Dutch vertreden.

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