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angeben

Pronunciation: /ˈanˌɡeːbən/

“angeben” is a German word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to state, supply, give, report (data, e.g. one’s details in a form, an answer in a survey, a source for a quote)
  2. to show, represent
  3. to inform on, to betray, grass, rat out
  4. to brag, boast, show off
  5. to deal the cards for the first round or (loosely) for any round
  6. to serve

Etymology

From Middle High German anegeben. Equivalent to an- + geben. Victor Klemperer notes in his Lingua Tertii Imperii that the sense of brag, boast is originally Yiddish.

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