vorgeben

== German == === Etymology === Equivalent to vor- +‎ geben, see also Middle Low German vȫrgēven (“pretend”), English foregive, and Danish foregive (“pretend”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡeːbn̩/ 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) to pretend Wir mussten vorgeben, lesbisch zu sein. ― We had to pretend that we were lesbians. to purport, to allege, to profess, to claim to dictate, to predefine ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Vorgabe vorgeblich === Further reading === “vorgeben”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “vorgeben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “vorgeben” in Duden online “vorgeben” in OpenThesaurus.de