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widmen: dedicate — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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widmen

dedicate

to dedicate something to a person, or to give focused time and attention to a subject or task

IPA/ˈvɪtmən/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 87%

to dedicate something to a person, or to give focused time and attention to a subject or task

Die Autorin widmet ihr neues Buch ihren Eltern.

Er widmet dem Projekt jeden Abend zwei Stunden.

Im letzten Teil des Kurses widmen wir uns der Prüfungsvorbereitung.

The person receiving a dedication is in the dative: jemandem etwas widmen. The reflexive form also takes dative: sich einer Aufgabe widmen.

Learn both jemandem etwas widmen and sich einer Sache widmen; both use the dative for the person or thing receiving the dedication or attention.

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What does widmen mean?

Use jemandem etwas widmen when dedicating something to a person, and sich einer Sache widmen when devoting attention or time to something.