Polyglot Dictionary

zureden

/ˈtsuːˌʁeːdn̩/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
redet zu
past
redete zu
perfect
hat zugeredet

Meaning

  1. to persuade

    Built from zu (to) + reden (to talk).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • zu to
  • reden to talk

Similar words

überreden

zureden is gentler persuasion, more like encouraging or urging; überreden is more insistent persuasion.

Similar in other languages

French

persuader

persuader is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to persuade."

Portuguese

persuadir

persuadir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to persuade."

Practice

1 What does zureden mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich habe ihm lange ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zureden?

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