werben

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German werben, from Old High German werban, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban. Cognate with Dutch werven (to recruit), English wharve (to turn) Icelandic hverfa (to turn), Faroese hvørva (to disappear).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛʁbən/, [ˈvɛʁbm̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wer‧ben

Verb

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werben (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wirbt, past tense warb, past participle geworben, past subjunctive würbe, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to recruit; to enlist
  2. (intransitive) to promote, advertise [with für]
  3. to attract, to woo

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Polish: werbować
    • Belarusian: вербава́ць (vjerbavácʹ, to recruit; to enlist)
    • Russian: вербова́ть (verbovátʹ, to recruit; to enlist)
    • Ukrainian: вербува́ти (verbuváty, to recruit; to enlist)

Further reading

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