pflegen
Pronunciation: /ˈpfleːɡən/
“pflegen” is a German word. Its 8 meanings in English:
verb
- to nurse; to care for someone in poor health
- to take care of, to tend to, to maintain
- [with genitive ‘something/someone’]
- to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense
- to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain
- [with genitive ‘something’]
- to carry out regularly
- to perform habitually; to be accustomed (to); to be in the habit (of)
Etymology
From Middle High German phlëgen, from Old High German plëgan, from Proto-West Germanic *plehan.
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