empfehlen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German enpfelhen, enphelhen, entfelhen, intfelhen, from Old High German intfelhan, intfelahan, from int- +‎ felhan (“to preserve; entrust; confide in; surrender”), with assimilation before f- (see emp-). Related to German befehlen (“command, order”), but not fehlen (“to be missing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔɛmˈpfeːlən/ Hyphenation: emp‧feh‧len === Verb === empfehlen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present empfiehlt, past tense empfahl, past participle empfohlen, past subjunctive empfähle or empföhle, auxiliary haben) to propose, to advise in favor of (transitive) to recommend; to advocate [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘someone/something’] (reflexive) to demonstrate one’s merits, to approve oneself (transitive, dative reflexive) to demonstrate one’s merits to (someone or something), to approve oneself to (someone or something) sich Gott empfehlen ― to approve oneself to god (reflexive) to offer oneself or one’s services (transitive) to commend (transitive, formal) to entrust [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and dative ‘to someone/something’] sein Kind der Fürsorge eines Fremden empfehlen ― to entrust one’s child to a stranger’s care (reflexive, dated, formal) to take one's leave Synonym: verabschieden ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Empfehlung ==== Related terms ==== Empfehlen empfehlend, empfohlen anempfehlen, anbefehlen, verfehlen === Further reading === “empfehlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “empfehlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “empfehlen” in Duden online “empfehlen” in OpenThesaurus.de “empfehlen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.