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verkörpern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • embody verb To represent an idea or quality in a physical or concrete way; to personify it.
  • impersonate verb To pretend to be someone else, often to deceive or entertain.

Senses

verkörpern is used for these senses in English:

  • epitomize To be an epitome of.
  • impersonate (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive.

embody — full definition

  1. verb To represent an idea or quality in a physical or concrete way; to personify it.
  2. verb To include or incorporate something as part of a unified whole, such as a set of principles into a document.

impersonate — full definition

  1. verb To pretend to be someone else, often to deceive or entertain.
  2. verb (computing) To act with the access rights of a different user account.

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