menagieren

== German == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Menage +‎ -ieren ==== Verb ==== menagieren (weak, third-person singular present menagiert, past tense menagierte, past participle menagiert, auxiliary haben) (dated, regional) to feed oneself (Austria, military) to take food ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French se ménager (“to take it easy”). ==== Verb ==== menagieren (weak, third-person singular present menagiert, past tense menagierte, past participle menagiert, auxiliary haben) (dated, reflexive) to control oneself, restrain oneself ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “menagieren” in Duden online “menagieren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)