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angeben.

to indicate, specify

7 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈanˌɡeːbən/[ˈʔanˌɡeː.bm̩][ˈʔaŋ-][-bən]
  1. 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)

    class-5 · strong · transitive
    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.
  2. to indicate, specify to show, represent

    class-5 · strong · transitive
  3. to indicate, specify to inform on, to betray, grass, rat out

    class-5 · dated · strong · transitive
  4. to brag, boast, show off

    class-5 · intransitive · strong
    Bei seinen Kollegen gab er mit seinem neuen Auto an.
  5. to initiate a game to deal the cards for the first round or (loosely) for any round

    class-5 · intransitive · strong
  6. to initiate a game to serve

    class-5 · intransitive · strong
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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