verpflegen

based on: pflegen

hat verpflegt

verpflegte

Meanings

1.

to supply with food

(Not very commonly used)

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Word of the Day - "pflegen"

A fun look at the meaning and use of "pflegen" and its related words a surprise reveal about an annoying brother that's all about duties.

Vocab:

pflegen, die Pflege, die Verpflegung, die Pflicht, verpflichten

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Root: *dlegh-

The core idea of this root was:

become fixed, engage oneself, pledge allegiance

The German source I am using mainly (Dwds.de) is not mentioning this root and only traces the family to a West-Germanic word that was about “taking responsibility“, which in German later shifted toward taking care, treating well.

The English source (Etymonline.com) mentions the same West Germanic ancestor, but then traces it all the way back to this Indo-European root here.

According to Etymonline, the root is origin of

pledge (“fixing yourself to a promise”)
indulge (“engage oneself to”)
play (“keep oneself busy, fixated”)

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johnathanflaker

2 months ago

regarding verpflegen, sound files recorded by native German speakers sound as if they say vup-flegen. is this right?

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