Polyglot Dictionary

provozieren

/pʁovoˈtsiːʁən/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
provoziert
past
provozierte
perfect
hat provoziert

Meaning

  1. to provoke

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

aufreizen

aufreizen can have a more sexual or enticing connotation, to arouse; provozieren is more general provocation.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

provocar

provocar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to provoke."

Practice

1 What does provozieren mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie ___ ihn mit ihrer Bemerkung.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches provozieren?

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