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pflegen.

providing care or service for someone/something

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpfleːɡən/[ˈpfleːɡən][ˈpfleːɡŋ̩]standard/ˈfleːɡən/
  1. providing care or service for someone/something to nurse; to care for someone in poor health

    class-4 · strong · transitive · weak
    jemanden gesund pflegen
    Kranke pflegen
  2. providing care or service for someone/something to take care of, to tend to, to maintain

    class-4 · strong · transitive · weak
    sein Äußeres pflegen
    die Zähne pflegen
  3. providing care or service for someone/something to take care of, to tend to, to maintain [with genitive ‘something/someone’]

    archaic · class-4 · intransitive · strong · transitive · weak
  4. to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense

    class-4 · strong · weak
  5. to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain

    class-4 · strong · transitive · weak
    Freundschaften pflegen
    Beziehungen pflegen
  6. to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain [with genitive ‘something’]

    class-4 · intransitive · strong · transitive · weak
    der Liebe pflegen
    der Ruhe pflegen
  7. expressing habituality to carry out regularly

    class-4 · strong · transitive · weak
    Umgang pflegen
    Geselligkeit pflegen
  8. expressing habituality to perform habitually; to be accustomed (to); to be in the habit (of)

    class-4 · intransitive · strong · weak
    Ich pflege zu laufen.
    Er pflegte zu reisen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German phlëgen, from Old High German plëgan, from Proto-West Germanic *plehan.

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