Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To help or assist, especially voluntarily.

    If we all lend a hand, the work will go quickly.

    jemandem zur Hand gehen

Examples

49 sentences

  1. Would you lend me a hand?

    Ти не міг би мені допомогти? — deniko

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  2. Lend me a hand.

    Допоможіть мені. — deniko

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  3. Lend us a hand.

    Допоможи нам. — deniko

    deFass mit an! — raggione

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  4. Can you lend me a hand?

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  5. Tom will lend a hand as well.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to help or assist:

Forms

lends a hand, lending a hand, lent a hand, lent a hand
Base formlend a hand · to lend a hand
3rd person singularlends a hand
Present participlelending a hand
Past simplelent a hand
Past participlelent a hand

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylend a hand
he, she, itlends a hand

Past simpleLesson

all personslent a hand

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lent a hand
he, she, ithas lent a hand

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lend a hand

Word family

2 related words
Relatedlending handhelping hand

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lemonadeA2lemurlendA2lenderlengthB1lengthenB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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