prägen — meaning in English

English meaning

• coin noun A small, flat piece of metal issued by a government as money.
• impress verb To have a strong, often admiring, effect on someone.
• mint noun A fragrant herb, or the flavor it gives to food and sweets.
• strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.

Senses

prägen is used for these senses in English:

• emboss To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.
• impress (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
• mint To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
• strike (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
• strike (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

coin — full definition

1. noun A small, flat piece of metal issued by a government as money.
2. verb To invent a new word or phrase.

impress — full definition

1. verb To have a strong, often admiring, effect on someone.
2. verb To fix an idea firmly in someone's mind; to emphasise something strongly.

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