vorgeben

German

Etymology

Equivalent to vor- +‎ geben, see also Middle Low German vȫrgēven (“pretend”), English foregive, and Danish foregive (“pretend”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡeːbn̩/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: vor‧ge‧ben

Verb

vorgeben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt vor, past tense gab vor, past participle vorgegeben, past subjunctive gäbe vor, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pretend
    Wir mussten vorgeben, lesbisch zu sein. ― We had to pretend that we were lesbians.
  2. to purport, to allege, to profess, to claim
  3. to dictate, to predefine
    US-Konzerne, die mit ihren Geschäftsmodellen die Regeln für alle anderen Unternehmen vorgeben.
    US companies which, with their business models, predefine the rules for all other businesses.

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “vorgeben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “vorgeben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “vorgeben” in Duden online
  • “vorgeben” in OpenThesaurus.de
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