verpflichten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verphlichten. Cognate with Dutch verplichten. Equivalent to ver- +‎ pflichten. Also analysable as ver- +‎ Pflicht (“duty”) +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈpflɪçtn̩] Hyphenation: ver‧pflich‧ten Rhymes: -ɪçtn̩ === Verb === verpflichten (weak, third-person singular present verpflichtet, past tense verpflichtete, past participle verpflichtet, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to oblige someone, make someone promise (transitive) to commit, to oblige (transitive) to oblige, to swear, to be sworn (transitive) to engage (intransitive, law) to bind someone by contract, to oblige someone (intransitive) to be an obligation (reflexive) to undertake (to commit oneself to an obligation) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== entpflichten ==== Derived terms ==== Verpflichten Verpflichtung verpflichtend verpflichtet === Further reading === “verpflichten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verpflichten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verpflichten” in Duden online “verpflichten” in OpenThesaurus.de