surrender

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From Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-Norman surrendre, infinitive as noun. Displaced native Old English handgang.

From Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān.

244 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِسْتَسْلَام (istaslām) — an act of surrendering
• Armenian: անձնատվություն (anjnatvutʻyun) — an act of surrendering
• Azerbaijani: təslim — an act of surrendering
• Azerbaijani: kapitulyasiya — an act of surrendering
• Belarusian: капiтуля́цыя (kapituljácyja) — an act of surrendering
• Belarusian: зда́ча (zdáča) — an act of surrendering
• Bulgarian: капитула́ция (kapitulácija) — an act of surrendering
• Catalan: rendició — an act of surrendering
• Catalan: capitulació — an act of surrendering
• Chinese Mandarin: 投降 (tóuxiáng) — an act of surrendering
• Chinese Mandarin: 降服 (xiángfú) — an act of surrendering
• Czech: kapitulace — an act of surrendering
• Dutch: overgave — an act of surrendering
• Esperanto: kapitulaco — an act of surrendering
• Estonian: allaandmine — an act of surrendering
• Finnish: antautuminen — an act of surrendering
• French: capitulation — an act of surrendering
• French: reddition — an act of surrendering
• German: Kapitulation — an act of surrendering
• German: Ergebung — an act of surrendering
• German: Ergeben — an act of surrendering
• German: Aufgeben — an act of surrendering
• German: Aufgabe — an act of surrendering
• Greek: παράδοση (parádosi) — an act of surrendering
• Greek: συνθηκολόγηση (synthikológisi) — an act of surrendering
• Hungarian: kapituláció — an act of surrendering
• Icelandic: uppgjöf — an act of surrendering
• Japanese: 降服 (kōfuku) — an act of surrendering
• Japanese: 投降 (tōkō) — an act of surrendering
• Japanese: 自首 (jishu) — an act of surrendering
• Japanese: 譲渡 (jōto) — an act of surrendering
• Japanese: 放棄 (hōki) — an act of surrendering
• Korean: 항복 (hangbok) — an act of surrendering
• Korean: 항복 (hangbok) — an act of surrendering
• Korean: 투항 (tuhang) — an act of surrendering
• Korean: 자수 (jasu) — an act of surrendering
• Latin: dēditiō — an act of surrendering
• Māori: haurarotanga — an act of surrendering
• Persian: تسلیم (taslim) — an act of surrendering
• Polish: kapitulacja — an act of surrendering
• Portuguese: rendição — an act of surrendering
• Russian: капитуля́ция (kapituljácija) — an act of surrendering
• Russian: сда́ча (sdáča) — an act of surrendering
• Scottish Gaelic: gèilleadh — an act of surrendering
• Slovak: kapitulácia — an act of surrendering
• Spanish: claudicación — an act of surrendering
• Spanish: rendición — an act of surrendering
• Swedish: uppgivelse — an act of surrendering
• Swedish: kapitulation — an act of surrendering
• Telugu: లొంగుబాటు (loṅgubāṭu) — an act of surrendering
• Thai: ยอมแพ้ (yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ) — an act of surrendering
• Turkish: teslim olma — an act of surrendering
• Ukrainian: капітуля́ція (kapituljácija) — an act of surrendering
• Ukrainian: зда́ча (zdáča) — an act of surrendering
• West Frisian: oerjefte — an act of surrendering
• Bulgarian: предаване (predavane) — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Finnish: luopuminen — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Finnish: luovuttaminen — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• German: Übergeben — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• German: Übergabe — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• German: Aushändigung — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Japanese: 降服 (kōfuku) — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Japanese: 投降 (tōkō) — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Japanese: 譲渡 (jōto) — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Korean: 항복 (hangbok) — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Korean: 항복 (hangbok) — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Korean: 투항 (tuhang) — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Māori: haurarotanga — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Telugu: లొంగుబాటు (loṅgubāṭu) — the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
• Finnish: luovutus — law, property law: the yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord
• Japanese: 譲渡 (jōto) — law, property law: the yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord
• Korean: 양도 (yangdo) — law, property law: the yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord
• Azerbaijani: təslim etmək — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Bulgarian: преда́вам (predávam) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Bulgarian: преда́м (predám) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Catalan: retre — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Catalan: rendir — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Catalan: lliurar — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Estonian: loovutama — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Finnish: luovuttaa — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• French: capituler — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Galician: render — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Galician: capitular — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galēwjan) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Ancient Greek: παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Hebrew: נכנע (nikhná) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Hindi: समर्पण (samarpaṇ) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Hungarian: lemond — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Hungarian: felad — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Hungarian: átad — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Hungarian: kiszolgáltat — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Hungarian: kiad — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Hungarian: beszolgáltat — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Irish: tabhair suas — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Japanese: 降服する (kōfuku suru) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Japanese: 投降する (tōkō suru) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Japanese: 自首する (jishu suru) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Japanese: 譲渡する (jōto suru) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Japanese: 放棄する (hōki suru) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Korean: 항복(降伏)하다 (hangbokhada) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Korean: 항복(降服)하다 (hangbokhada) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Korean: 투항(投降)하다 (tuhanghada) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Korean: 자수(自首)하다 (jasuhada) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Latin: dēdō — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Latin: condōnō — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Macedonian: предава (predava) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Māori: hauraro — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Māori: whakahauraro — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Norwegian Bokmål: gi opp — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Portuguese: render — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Portuguese: entregar — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Russian: сдава́ть (sdavátʹ) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Russian: сда́ть (sdátʹ) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir thairis — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Spanish: entregar — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Spanish: rendir — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Spanish: abandonar — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Swedish: ge upp — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Turkish: teslim etmek — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Ukrainian: здава́ти (zdaváty) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Ukrainian: зда́ти (zdáty) — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Vietnamese: đầu hàng — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Welsh: ildio — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Welsh: forffedu — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Zazaki: acı dayen — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Zazaki: teslim kerden — transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• Albanian: dorëzohem — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Albanian: kapitulloj — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Arabic: اِسْتَسْلَمَ (istaslama) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Armenian: հանձնվել (hanjnvel) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Azerbaijani: təslim olmaq — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Belarusian: здава́цца (zdavácca) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Belarusian: зда́цца (zdácca) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Belarusian: капітулява́ць (kapituljavácʹ) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Bulgarian: преда́вам се (predávam se) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Bulgarian: преда́м се (predám se) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Bulgarian: капитули́рам (kapitulíram) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Catalan: retre's — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Catalan: rendir-se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏲᏍᎦ (adayosga) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Chinese Mandarin: 投降 (tóuxiáng) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Czech: vzdávat se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Czech: vzdát se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Czech: oddávat se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Czech: oddat se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Danish: overgive sig — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Danish: kapitulere — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Dutch: zich overgeven — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Dutch: capituleren — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Esperanto: kapitulaci — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Estonian: alistuma — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Estonian: kapituleeruma — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Finnish: antautua — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• French: capituler — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• French: se rendre — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Galician: render — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Galician: entregar — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Georgian: დანებება (danebeba) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• German: kapitulieren — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• German: sich ergeben — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Greek: παραδίνομαι (paradínomai) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Hindi: आत्मसमर्पण (ātmasmarpaṇ) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Hungarian: megadja magát — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Hungarian: kapitulál — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Hungarian: leteszi a fegyvert — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Hungarian: feladja magát — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Ingrian: antiissa — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Italian: arrendersi — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Italian: capitolare — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Japanese: 降服する (kōfuku suru) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Japanese: 投降する (tōkō suru) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Japanese: 自首する (jishu suru) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Japanese: 譲渡する (jōto suru) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Japanese: 放棄する (hōki suru) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Kazakh: тізе бүгу (tıze bügu) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Kazakh: берілу (berılu) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Kazakh: бағыну (bağynu) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Korean: 항복(降伏)하다 (hangbokhada) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Korean: 항복(降服)하다 (hangbokhada) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Korean: 투항(投降)하다 (tuhanghada) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Korean: 자수(自首)하다 (jasuhada) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Kyrgyz: багынуу (bagınuu) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Latin: dēdō — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Latvian: padoties — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Latvian: kapitulēt — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Lithuanian: pasiduoti — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Lithuanian: kapituliuoti — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Macedonian: се предава (se predava) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Macedonian: се предаде (se predade) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Macedonian: капитули́ра (kapitulíra) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Māori: hauraro — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Norwegian Bokmål: overgi seg — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Norwegian Bokmål: kapitulere — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Old English: on hand gān — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Persian: تسلیم شدن (taslim šodan) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Polish: poddawać się — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Polish: poddać się — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Polish: kapitulować — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Polish: skapitulować — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Portuguese: render-se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Portuguese: entregar-se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Portuguese: capitular — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Romanian: capitula — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Russian: сдава́ться (sdavátʹsja) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Russian: сда́ться (sdátʹsja) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Russian: капитули́ровать (kapitulírovatʹ) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir suas — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir thairis — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Serbo-Croatian: преда́вати се — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐдати се — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Serbo-Croatian: predávati se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Serbo-Croatian: prèdati se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Slovak: vzdávať sa — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Slovak: vzdať se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Slovene: predajati se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Slovene: predati se — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Spanish: rendirse — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Spanish: capitular — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Spanish: claudicar — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Swedish: ge sig — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Swedish: kapitulera — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Swedish: ge upp — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Tajik: таслим шудан (taslim šudan) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Thai: ยอมแพ้ (yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Thai: ทู้ (túu) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Turkish: teslim olmak — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Ukrainian: здава́тися (zdavátysja) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Ukrainian: зда́тися (zdátysja) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Ukrainian: капітулюва́ти (kapituljuváty) — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Uzbek: taslim boʻlmoq — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Vietnamese: đầu hàng — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Welsh: ymostwng — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Welsh: ildio — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Zazaki: teslim biyen — intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
• Bulgarian: отда́вам се (otdávam se) — to yield oneself to an influence, emotion
• Bulgarian: отда́м се (otdám se) — to yield oneself to an influence, emotion
• Dutch: zich overgeven — to yield oneself to an influence, emotion
• Esperanto: fordoniĝi — to yield oneself to an influence, emotion
• Hungarian: átadja magát — to yield oneself to an influence, emotion
• Hungarian: enged — to yield oneself to an influence, emotion
• Norwegian Bokmål: overgi seg — to yield oneself to an influence, emotion