vortragen
See also: Vorträgen
German
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Verb
- (intransitive) to lecture; to give a report
- (transitive, of topics) to present; to report
- (transitive, of poems, texts, songs) to recite or sing before an audience
- (transitive, of ideas, literary) to suggest or propose to a decision maker; to argue
- Der Oberst trug vor, man solle den Sturmangriff um zwei Tage verschieben.
- The colonel argued that the frontal assault be postponed by two days.
- (transitive, of objects) to carry or take up front
- Diesen Stuhl brauch ich hier hinten nicht mehr. Würdest du ihn eben vortragen?
- I don’t need this chair back here anymore. Would you take it up front?
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Further reading
- “vortragen” in Duden online