überbrücken

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [yːbɐˈbʁʏkn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: über‧brü‧cken

Verb

überbrücken (weak, third-person singular present überbrückt, past tense überbrückte, past participle überbrückt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bridge
    • 1911, Carl Schurz, Lebenserinnerungen, Georg Reimer, page 59:
      Nach vollendetem Universitätskursus hoffte ich die erwerbslose Privatdozentenperiode bis zur Erlangung einer Professur mit dem Ertrag literarischer Arbeiten überbrücken zu können.
      After the completed university course I hoped to be able to bridge the unpaid period of being a private lecturer until the obtaining of a professorship with the earnings of literary works.

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