verbinden

From Middle Dutch verbinden, from Old Dutch *farbindan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ binden. Cognate with German verbinden and Old English forbindan (whence Middle English forbinden).

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• IPA^(key): /vərˈbɪndə(n)/

verbinden

1. to connect, link up

   Synonyms: connecteren (somewhat formal), connecten (informal)

2. to bandage

• Afrikaans: verbind
• Negerhollands: verbind

From Middle High German verbinden, from Old High German firbintan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ binden. Cognate with Dutch verbinden and Old English forbindan (whence Middle English forbinden).

• IPA^(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndn̩], [fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndən]

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• Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

verbinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verbindet, past tense verband, past participle verbunden, past subjunctive verbände, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to join, to combine, to connect, to interlink
   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎^[1], number 46/2010, page 103:

     In nur 28 Minuten soll ein neuer Schnellzug künftig Tel Aviv und Jerusalem verbinden.

     In only 28 minutes, a new express train is to connect Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in the future.

2. (medicine) to bandage
3. (telephony) to put through

• “verbinden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “verbinden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “verbinden” in Duden online
• “verbinden” in OpenThesaurus.de