entlehnen
/ɛntˈleːnən/ verb C2- to borrow (a word, concept, cultural practice or object) · Das Wort „Hai“ ist aus dem Niederländischen entlehnt. The word Hai (“shark”) was borrowed from Dutch.· Der Dichter entlehnt hier den Begriff des Schweißens aus der Schmiedekunst. The poet here borrows the concept of welding from the sphere of blacksmithing.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- entlehnen
- Present (er)
- entlehnt
- Präteritum (er)
- entlehnte
- Perfekt (er)
- hat entlehnt
- Infinitive with zu
- zu entlehnen
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