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zureden

to coax

verb TSOO-re-den Less Common
Communication Speech

Also means

to urge persuasively

Usage Note

zureden means to encourage or persuade someone gently through talk: jemandem gut zureden. It is separable and takes the dative person. The noun phrase gutes Zureden names such persuasion, as in erst nach langem Zureden (only after much coaxing).

Examples

"Wir mussten ihm lange zureden, bis er mitkam."

Natural Translation

We had to coax him for a long time until he came along.

Literal Translation

We had-to him long coax, until he along-came.

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