schenken

Meaning

1. to give as a present, to gift
2. to pour from a vessel

Concepts

give

pour

donate

grant

bestow

shed

gift

🎁

offer

confer

render

scatter

yield

provide

tip

dump

impart

afford

pour out

serve

lend

offer up

pass

perform

place

play

present

proffer

put

quit

reenact

regale

represent

sacrifice

set

spare

spend

subjoin

suggest

surrender

switch on

tender

toss in

turn on

indue

pitch in

accord

give…as a present

administer

alight

allow

Synonyms

gieten

geven

cadeau geven

storten

plengen

vergieten

doneren

toekennen

cadeau doen

verlenen

inschakelen

opbrengen

schakelen

zich stoten

aanbotsen

aandoen

aandraaien

aangeven

✋

aanreiken

aansteken

begiftigen

doorbrengen

geduwd worden

strooien

toebrengen

uitgaan

uitkomen

uitlopen

uitstappen

uitstijgen

uittreden

verdrijven

weggeven

aanbieden

bijdragen

contribueren

opofferen

offeren

spelen

verstrekken

te koop aanbieden

vertonen

presenteren

voorstellen

uitgieten

pouren

anbieden

indienen

uitstorten

Translations

schenken

vermek

offrir

donner

entregar

dare

dar

verser

schütten

geben

despejar

dare

conceder

verleihen

gießen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsxɛŋ.kə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: schenken

Inherited from Old Dutch: skenken

Cognate with English: shink

Cognate with English: skink

In summary

From Middle Dutch schenken, from Old Dutch skenken, from Proto-West Germanic *skankijan, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną.
The verb, which originally was weak, became strong in the early modern period by analogy with related class 3 strong verbs such as drinken. Cognate with English shink (“to pour”), dialectal English skink (“to pour, give as a present”).