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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

überreden

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yːbɐˈʁeːdn̩

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Talk-into/ˈtɔːk ˌɪn.tuː/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Es gelang ihm, sie zum Mitkommen zu überreden."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To persuade someone to do something through continuous reasoning, argument, or conversation.

    "She managed to talk-into taking the job offer after hours of deliberation."
  2. 2

    To convince someone to adopt a certain belief or mindset by talking.

    "He tried to talk-into believing that the risk was minimal."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The phrasal verb combines the Germanic root 'talken' (to speak or converse, derived from Middle English and Old English origins) with the preposition 'into', denoting movement toward an interior state or condition. Emerging strongly in early Modern English, the construction shifted from literal speech leading into physical spaces to the metaphorical persuasion of someone into a specific course of action.

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