vergewissern
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ɡəˈvɪsɐn]
- Hyphenation: ver‧ge‧wis‧sern
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Verb
vergewissern (weak, third-person singular present vergewissert, past tense vergewisserte, past participle vergewissert, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive, with genitive) to make sure (of); to check; to make certain (of)
Usage notes
- The preposition über + accusative can be used in place of the genitive, although this is uncommon.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Vergewissern
- Vergewisserer
- Vergewisserung
Further reading
- “vergewissern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vergewissern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vergewissern” in Duden online
- “vergewissern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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