verlengen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to extend, to lengthen
  2. (transitive) to protract, to delay
  3. (intransitive) to become longer, to lengthen

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɛrˈlɛ.ŋə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch verlengen. By surface analysis, ver- + lengen.

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