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GERMAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

spenden.

to donate, to give as charity

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃpɛndən/
  1. to donate, to give as charity

    ditransitive · intransitive · transitive · weak
    Blut spenden.
    Er spendete seiner Schwester eine Niere.
  2. To cause the action implied by a noun to take place.

    ditransitive · figuratively · transitive · weak
    Beifall, Applaus spenden
    Trost spenden
  3. to provide

    ditransitive · transitive · weak
    Der Baum spendet Schatten.
    Die Sonne spendet der Erde Licht und Wärme.
  4. to administer (a sacrament)

    transitive · weak
    Der Priester spendet die Taufe.
    Der Erzbischof spendete den Segen.
  5. to spend generously; to treat to

    archaic · intransitive · transitive · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German spenden, from Old High German spentōn (“to consume, use, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), from Latin expendō.

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