verb#2,797 by frequency

pflegen

/ˈpfleːɡən/

providing care or service for someone/something; to nurse; to care for someone in poor health; to take care of, to tend to, to maintain

Meanings

1
providing care or service for someone/something; to nurse; to care for someone in poor health
- Er pflegt seine kranke Mutter.
  He looks after his sick mother.
  Tatoeba · mhr · CC BY 2.0 FR
- Marias Hände sind immer sehr gepflegt.
  Mary's hands are always well-manicured.
  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
providing care or service for someone/something; to take care of, to tend to, to maintain
3
providing care or service for someone/something; to take care of, to tend to, to maintain; [with genitive ‘something/someone’]
4
to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense
5
to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain
6
expressing habituality; to carry out regularly
7
to improve or care for something in an intellectual sense; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain; [with genitive ‘something’]rare
8
expressing habituality; to perform habitually; to be accustomed (to); to be in the habit (of)rare