pflegen.
providing care or service for someone/something
Meaning & usage
providing care or service for someone/something to nurse; to care for someone in poor health
jemanden gesund pflegen
Kranke pflegen
providing care or service for someone/something to take care of, to tend to, to maintain
sein Äußeres pflegen
die Zähne pflegen
providing care or service for someone/something to take care of, to tend to, to maintain [with genitive ‘something/someone’]
to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense
to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain
Freundschaften pflegen
Beziehungen pflegen
to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain [with genitive ‘something’]
der Liebe pflegen
der Ruhe pflegen
expressing habituality to carry out regularly
Umgang pflegen
Geselligkeit pflegen
expressing habituality to perform habitually; to be accustomed (to); to be in the habit (of)
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.