angeben.
to indicate, specify
Meaning & usage
to indicate, specify to state, supply, give, report (data, e.g. one’s details in a form, an answer in a survey, a source for a quote)
Bitte geben Sie Ihren vollständigen Namen an.
Mehr als die Hälfte geben an, sich wegen der Belastungen bei der Arbeit müde oder angespannt zu fühlen.
to indicate, specify to show, represent
to indicate, specify to inform on, to betray, grass, rat out
to brag, boast, show off
Bei seinen Kollegen gab er mit seinem neuen Auto an.
to initiate a game to deal the cards for the first round or (loosely) for any round
to initiate a game to serve
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German anegeben. Equivalent to an- + geben. Victor Klemperer notes in his Lingua Tertii Imperii that the sense of brag, boast is originally Yiddish.
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