zufügen

German

Etymology

zu- + fügen. Compare with Danish tilføje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsuːˌfyːɡən/, [ˈtsuːˌfyːɡŋ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zu‧fü‧gen

Verb

zufügen (third-person singular simple present fügt zu, past tense fügte zu, past participle zugefügt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to cause (grief, pain); to inflict (damage)
    • 1966, Otfried Preußler, Das kleine Gespenst:
      „Säbel und Spieße können mich nicht verletzen und Kugeln fügen mir keinen Schaden zu.“
      Sabres and spears cannot injure me and bullets do me no harm.
  2. (transitive) to add
  3. (transitive) to enclose

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