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vorgeben
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German
Etymology
Equivalent to vor- + geben, see also Middle Low German vȫrgēven (“pretend”), English foregive, and Danish foregive (“pretend”).
Pronunciation
Verb
vorgeben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt vor, past tense gab vor, past participle vorgegeben, past subjunctive gäbe vor, auxiliary haben)
- to pretend
- Wir mussten vorgeben, lesbisch zu sein. ― We had to pretend that we were lesbians.
- to purport, to allege, to profess, to claim
- to dictate, to predefine
- US-Konzerne, die mit ihren Geschäftsmodellen die Regeln für alle anderen Unternehmen vorgeben.
- US companies which, with their business models, predefine the rules for all other businesses.
Conjugation
1This form and alternative in würde both found.
1This form and alternative in würde both found.
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