herbeireden

v/t (trennb., hat -ge-) (Krise etc.) provoke; wir wollen es nicht herbeireden let’s not tempt fate, we don’t want to bring it on ourselves (oder make it happen) by talking about it

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her|bei|re|den

vt sep

etw herbéíreden — to bring sth about by talking about it

Probleme herbéíreden — to create problems by talking about them

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her·bei|re·den

vt

▪ etw \herbeireden to talk sth into happening

Panik \herbeireden to create panic

den Tod \herbeireden to conjure up death

hör auf, Probleme herbeizureden stop trying to find problems where there are none

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transitives Verb talk <crisis, problem, etc.> into existence

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herbeireden v/t (trennb, hat -ge-) (Krise etc) provoke;

wir wollen es nicht herbeireden let’s not tempt fate, we don’t want to bring it on ourselves (oder make it happen) by talking about it

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transitives Verb talk <crisis, problem, etc.> into existence