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Dictionary: "verdanken" - translations and examples

verdanken verb Conjugation

verdankte / verdankt / verdankt

owe [əu] (Emot.)

Wem haben wir die Entdeckung des Penizillins zu verdanken?

To whom do we owe the discovery of penicillin?

be indebted (Emot.)

derive [dɪˈraɪv] (Engineering)

Collocations with "verdanken" (1)

sich verdanken

Exemples with "verdanken"

Wem haben wir die Entdeckung des Penizillins zu verdanken? To whom do we owe the discovery of penicillin?

Ich verdanke ihm meinen Erfolg. I owe my success to him.

Ich verdanke ihm mein Leben. I owe him my life.

Meinen Erfolg verdanke ich ihrer Hilfe. I owe my success to her help.

Was ich bin, verdanke ich meinem Vater. I owe what I am to my father.

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