kriegen — meaning in English

English meaning

• fetch verb To go and get something, then bring it back.
• get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
• receive verb To be given, sent, or handed something.
• war noun Large-scale armed conflict between countries, groups, or factions.

Senses

kriegen is used for these senses in English:

• fetch (intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
• get (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
• get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
• get (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
• receive (transitive, dated) To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
• war (intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).

fetch — full definition

1. verb To go and get something, then bring it back.
2. verb To sell for, or bring in, a certain price.
3. noun The act of retrieving something, or a program's act of pulling data.

get — full definition

1. verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
2. verb To become, or to cause someone or something to become, a certain way (often with an adjective).
3. verb To fetch or bring something.
4. verb To arrive at or reach a place or state.
5. verb To understand something.

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