Translation

1. to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear irregular, transitive, weak

   Ich bringe die Katze ins Haus.

   I'm bringing the cat into the house.

2. to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany irregular, transitive, weak

   Sie hat dich ins Krankenhaus gebracht.

   She brought you to the hospital.

3. to cause (someone) to have (something); to cause (something) to exist for the benefit, or to the detriment, of (someone); to cause (something) to be a part of (something) ditransitive, irregular, weak

   Diese Münze bringt mir Glück.

   This coin brings me luck.

   Die Ansiedelung des Unternehmens bringt der Gemeinde viele neue Einwohner.

   The company’s setting up shop brings many new residents to the municipality.

4. to get, to cause irregular, transitive, weak

   Sie bringt mich zum Lachen.

   She makes me laugh.

   Ich bringe Julia dazu, mich nach Hause zu fahren.

   I'll get Julia to drive me home.

   Ich kann ihn nicht dazu bringen, dass er mir die geheime Zutat verrät.

   I can't get him to tell me the secret ingredient.

   „Er verrät mir die geheime Zutat nicht!“―„Keine Sorge, ich bringe ihn schon noch dazu.“

   “He’s not telling me the secret ingredient!”―“No worries, eventually I’ll make him [tell you].”

5. to cause the action implied by a phrase to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect irregular, transitive, weak

   zum Ausdruck bringen

   to express

   in Einklang bringen

   to reconcile

   zu Fall bringen

   to bring down

   in Gang bringen

   to initiate

   ins Gespräch bringen

   to bring up for discussion

   in Ordnung bringen

   to put in order

   auf den Punkt bringen

   to get to the point

   in Sicherheit bringen

   to bring to safety

   in Verbindung bringen

   to associate

   auf den Weg bringen

   to set on course (initiate)

6. to acquire; to take possession of irregular, transitive, weak
7. to accomplish; to yield irregular, often, transitive, weak

   Was soll das bringen?

   What's that going to accomplish?

   Das bringt doch nichts!

   That doesn't accomplish anything!

8. to be of use; to be helpful colloquial, irregular, transitive, weak

   „Lass mich noch mal mit dem Löffel versuchen, diese verflixte Dose aufzukriegen.“―„Ja, das bringt’s ganz bestimmt …“

   “Let me have another go with the spoon to get this darned tin can open.”―“Yeah, that’ll help for sure …”

9. to deliver; to perform well informal, intransitive, irregular, weak

   Wenn man seine Leute ordentlich behandelt, dann bringen die auch.

   If you treat your staff decently, then they actually deliver.

10. to get over with irregular, transitive, weak

    Ich will den Tag hinter mich bringen.

    I want to get this day over with.

Conjugation

Indicative

Subjunctive i

Subjunctive ii

Imperative

Translation

1. gerund of bringen form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong

Declension