gönnen

B1 Verb frequency rank #4,431

What gönnen means

Verb

to bestow, to indulge (someone's wishes), to treat to, to spoil
to be happy for someone because of their good fortune

Forms

gönnen · gönnt · gönnte · hat gegönnt

Pronunciation

gönnen in a sentence

Ich würde meinen Kindern gerne einen speziellen Leckerbissen gönnen.

I'd like to give my children a special treat.

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gönnen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #4,431 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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