vergeben

• IPA^(key): /fərˈɡeːbən/, /fɛr-/, [fɐˈɡeː.bm̩], [fɛɐ̯-], [-bən]

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From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German fargeban, from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną. Analyzable as ver- +‎ geben. Cognate with Dutch vergeven, English forgive, Icelandic fyrirgefa.

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1. (transitive or intransitive, + dative) to forgive

   Synonym: verzeihen

   Kannst du mir vergeben? ― Can you forgive me?

   Vergib mir meine Sünden! ― Forgive me my sins.

2. (transitive) to assign; to allocate; to give (a job); to give or set (a task); to award (a contract), to give away [+ an (accusative)]

   Wir haben den Auftrag an ein Drittunternehmen vergeben.

   We have awarded the contract to an external company.

• Vergeben implies a greater degree of moral guilt than verzeihen. It is used in the context of sin or crime, or otherwise of severe misbehaviour, such as acts of violence, insult, humiliation, deceit, and the like.
• The noun corresponding to the sense “to forgive” is Vergebung, while that corresponding to the sense “to assign” is Vergabe.

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• Vergeben
• Vergebung

vergeben

1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

vergeben (strong nominative masculine singular vergebener, not comparable)

1. taken; not free
2. (informal) not single: married or in a relationship

• “vergeben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “vergeben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “vergeben” in Duden online
• “vergeben” in OpenThesaurus.de