nachgeben

German

Etymology

nach- + geben

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːχˌɡeːbən/, [ˈnaːχˌɡeːbm̩]
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  • Hyphenation: nach‧ge‧ben

Verb

nachgeben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt nach, past tense gab nach, past participle nachgegeben, past subjunctive gäbe nach, auxiliary haben)

  1. to give way
  2. to give in
  3. to collapse
  4. to decrease, drop, fall

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • nachgeben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nachgeben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nachgeben” in Duden online
  • nachgeben” in OpenThesaurus.de
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