A2verb · irregular · transitive · common

lend

lend · lends · lent · lending

позичити, позичати

дать в долг, занять, давать в долг, занимать

verleihen, leihen, borgen

To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent…To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

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/ˈlɛnd/

» Will you lend me your dictionary?

Leihst du mir dein Wörterbuch?

Leihst du mir dein Wörterbuch aus?

Würden Sie mir Ihr Wörterbuch leihen?

Вы не одолжите мне ваш словарь?

Даш мені свій словник?

Позичиш мені свій словник?

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.
Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?
leihen, verleihen, borgen
ода́лживатьodálživatʹ, одолжи́тьodolžítʹ, ссужа́тьssužátʹ
позича́тиpozyčáty, пози́читиpozýčyty
(intransitive)To make a loan.
(reflexive)To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.
The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation.
To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
Can you lend me some assistance?
The famous director lent his name to the new film.
(proscribed)To borrow.

More definitions

give temporarily; let have for a limited time
bestow a quality on
have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to

Examples

1414 sentences

Will you lend me your dictionary?
Даш мені свій словник?
ruВы не одолжите мне ваш словарь?
deLeihst du mir dein Wörterbuch?
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Would you lend me your pen?
Позичиш мені свою ручку?
ruМожно взять твою ручку?
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Would you lend me your knife?
Ти позичиш мені свій ніж?
ruТы одолжишь мне свой нож?
deWürdest du mir dein Messer leihen?
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Could you lend me the book?
Чи міг би ти позичити мені книгу?
ruТы не мог бы одолжить мне эту книгу?
deKönntest du mir das Buch ausborgen?
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I can't lend you any money.
Я не можу позичити тобі гроші.
ruЯ не могу одолжить тебе денег.
deIch kann dir kein Geld leihen.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to allow to be used temporarily:

Русский

By meaning 1

to allow to be used temporarily:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to allow to be used temporarily:

Origin

From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from

From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”).

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