vertragen

/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaːɡn̩/

verb B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Medical Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: medical. Connotation: neutral.
reflexive

Forms

present
verträgt
past
vertrug
perfect
hat vertragen

Meaning

  1. to tolerate, to stand (food, medicine); to get along (sich vertragen)

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: intransitive.

Similar words

verdauen

Sich vertragen (with food/medicine) is to tolerate it without a bad reaction; verdauen is the physical process of digesting it.

Similar in other languages

English

endure

Close — to tolerate/stand relates to enduring.

Spanish

aguantar

Close — to tolerate, to stand relates to bearing, putting up with.

Practice

1 What does vertragen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er ___ keine Milch.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vertragen?

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