bring

Meaning

Synonyms

take
A1
carry
A2
fetch
B2
lead
A2
get
A1
convey
C2
bear
A2
🐻
transport
B2

take with

conduct
B2

take along

drive
A2
guide
B2
cause
A1
produce
B2
give
A1
escort
B2
use
A1
deliver
B1
bring in
move
A1

result in

retrieve
C1
bestow
C2
put
A1
take away
impart
28k
bring about
lend
B2
play
A1
institute
C1
wreak
23k
achieve
B2
attain
C2
transfer
B2
contribute
C1
add
B1
work
A1
submit
C1
snatch
C1
raise
B1
pick-up
C2
pick
A1
⛏️
pick up
reach
A2
channel
B2
land
A2
lift
B1
grasp
C1
introduce
B1
Translations

apporter
portare
amener
bringen
traer
brengen
llevar
trazer

φέρνω

portar
getirmek
porter
trasportare
mitbringen
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɹɪŋ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
bryngen
Inherited from Old English
bringan
Cognate with Western Frisian
Western Frisian
bringe
Cognate with Low German
bringen
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
brengen
Cognate with German
German
bringen
Cognate with Welsh
hebrwng
Cognate with Tokharian B
pränk-
Cognate with Latvian
brankti
Cognate with Lithuanian
branktas
In summary

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-. Compare Scots bring, West Frisian bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”).

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