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Conges terminology question

207 months ago

h.kloster (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	einschwören auf
Context:	Die SPD-Spitze schwor ihre Genossen auf den Wahlkampf ein

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207 months ago

wrote:

to call

My comment:

The SPD leadership called their members to the elections

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207 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

to swear their ... to OR to disciplin ... for ...

My comment:

I also like to commit to - but this is passive or active for the others ...
Then I would put it:
They claimed from their .. to commit to ...
(or: managed to motivate their ,,, to mommit to ...)

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207 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

got...to commit to...

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207 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

to be "sworn in".

My comment:

this verb is always used in the past tense = eingeschworen sein. Hoffe das hilft.

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207 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

to commit to

My references:

http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=566127&idForum=1&lp=ende&lang=de

http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=168252&idForum=1&lp=ende&lang=de

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