prägen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bræchen/præchen (“to press in, to depict”), from Old High German giprāhhan/prāhhan (“to press in or scratch by breaking the surface”), from the 1st and 3rd person plural preterite forms of prēchan/prāchun (“to break”); likely related to brechen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpʁɛːɡŋ̩], [ˈpʁɛːɡən] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): [ˈpʁeːɡŋ̩], [ˈpʁeːɡən] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) === Verb === prägen (weak, third-person singular present prägt, past tense prägte, past participle geprägt, auxiliary haben) to mint to shape to characterize ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “prägen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “prägen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “prägen” in Duden online “prägen” in OpenThesaurus.de