einigen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German einegen, einigen, from Old High German gieinīgen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaɪ̯nɪɡən]
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  • Hyphenation: ei‧ni‧gen

Verb

einigen (weak, third-person singular present einigt, past tense einigte, past participle geeinigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to unite or unify (for example a group of people)
  2. (reflexive, often with auf (on/to) + accusative) to agree, to reach an agreement
    Wir haben uns nach schwierigen Gesprächen auf Folgendes geeinigt.
    After difficult talks, we agreed to the following.

Conjugation

Pronoun

einigen

  1. dative plural of einige

Further reading

  • einigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • einigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • einigen” in Duden online
  • einigen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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