From Middle English surrendren , from Old French surrendre , from sur- + rendre ( “ render ” ) . Displaced native Old English on hand gān .
surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders , present participle surrendering , simple past and past participle surrendered )
( transitive ) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
Synonyms: hand over , betray , overgive
( military , by extension, transitive ) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
( intransitive or reflexive ) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
Synonyms: strike one's flag , wave the white flag , chuck up the sponge
Don't shoot! I surrender !
( transitive ) To give up possession of; to yield ; to resign .
to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
( reflexive ) To yield (oneself) to an influence , emotion , passion , etc.
to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
( transitive , intransitive , blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
( transitive , insurance ) For a policyholder , to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term , usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value .
transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
Azerbaijani: təslim etmək
Bulgarian: преда́вам (bg) impf ( predávam ) , преда́м pf ( predám )
Catalan: retre (ca) , rendir (ca) , lliurar (ca)
Estonian: loovutama
Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)
French: capituler (fr)
Galician: render (gl) , capitular (gl)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( galēwjan )
Greek:
Ancient: παραδίδωμι ( paradídōmi )
Hebrew: נכנע ( nikhná )
Hungarian: lemond (hu) , felad (hu) , átad (hu) , kiszolgáltat (hu) , kiad (hu) , beszolgáltat (hu)
Irish: tabhair suas
Japanese: ( military ) 降服 する ( kōfuku suru ) , 投降 する ( tōkō suru ) , ( criminal ) 自首する ( jishu suru ) , ( property ) 譲渡する ( jōto suru ) , 放棄する ( hōki suru )
Korean: ( military ) 항복(降伏)하다 (ko) ( hangbokhada ) , 항복(降服)하다 (ko) ( hangbokhada ) , 투항(投降)하다 (ko) ( tuhanghada ) , ( criminal ) 자수(自首)하다 (ko) ( jasuhada )
Latin: dēdō , condōnō
Macedonian: предава ( predava )
Maori: hauraro , whakahauraro
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gi opp (no)
Portuguese: render (pt) , entregar (pt)
Russian: сдава́ть (ru) impf ( sdavátʹ ) , сда́ть (ru) pf ( sdátʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: gèill , thoir suas , thoir thairis
Spanish: entregar (es) , rendir (es) , abandonar (es)
Swedish: ge upp (sv)
Turkish: teslim etmek (tr)
Ukrainian: здава́ти impf ( zdaváty ) , зда́ти pf ( zdáty )
Vietnamese: đầu hàng (vi)
Zazaki: acı dayen , teslim kerden
intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
Albanian: dorëzohem (sq) , kapitulloj (sq)
Arabic: اِسْتَسْلَمَ ( istaslama )
Armenian: հանձնվել (hy) ( hanjnvel )
Azerbaijani: təslim olmaq
Belarusian: здава́цца impf ( zdavácca ) , зда́цца pf ( zdácca ) , капітулява́ць impf or pf ( kapituljavácʹ )
Bulgarian: преда́вам се (bg) impf ( predávam se ) , преда́м се pf ( predám se ) , капитули́рам (bg) impf or pf ( kapitulíram )
Catalan: retre's (ca) , rendir-se (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏲᏍᎦ ( adayosga )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 投降 (zh) ( tóuxiáng )
Czech: vzdávat se impf , vzdát se (cs) pf , oddávat se impf , oddat se (cs) pf
Danish: overgive sig , kapitulere
Dutch: zich overgeven (nl) , capituleren (nl)
Esperanto: kapitulaci (eo)
Estonian: alistuma (et) , kapituleeruma
Finnish: antautua (fi)
French: capituler (fr) , se rendre (fr)
Galician: render (gl) , entregar (gl)
Georgian: დანებება ( danebeba )
German: kapitulieren (de) , sich ergeben (de)
Greek: παραδίνομαι (el) ( paradínomai )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: megadja magát , kapitulál (hu) , leteszi a fegyvert , ( perpetrator to the police ) feladja magát
Ingrian: antiissa
Italian: arrendersi (it) , capitolare (it)
Japanese: ( military ) 降服 する ( kōfuku suru ) , 投降 する ( tōkō suru ) , ( criminal ) 自首する ( jishu suru ) , ( property ) 譲渡する ( jōto suru ) , 放棄する ( hōki suru )
Kazakh: тізе бүгу ( tıze bügu ) , берілу ( berılu ) , бағыну ( bağynu )
Korean: ( military ) 항복(降伏)하다 (ko) ( hangbokhada ) , 항복(降服)하다 (ko) ( hangbokhada ) , 투항(投降)하다 (ko) ( tuhanghada ) , ( criminal ) 자수(自首)하다 (ko) ( jasuhada )
Kyrgyz: багынуу (ky) ( bagınuu )
Latin: dēdō
Latvian: padoties , kapitulēt
Lithuanian: pasiduoti , kapituliuoti
Macedonian: се предава impf ( se predava ) , се предаде pf ( se predade ) , капитули́ра impf or pf ( kapitulíra )
Maori: hauraro
Norwegian:
Bokmål: overgi seg , kapitulere
Old English: on hand gān
Persian: تسلیم شدن (fa) ( taslim šodan )
Polish: poddawać się (pl) impf , poddać się (pl) pf , kapitulować (pl) impf , skapitulować (pl) pf
Portuguese: render-se , entregar-se , capitular (pt)
Romanian: capitula (ro)
Russian: сдава́ться (ru) impf ( sdavátʹsja ) , сда́ться (ru) pf ( sdátʹsja ) , капитули́ровать (ru) impf or pf ( kapitulírovatʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: gèill , thoir suas , thoir thairis
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: преда́вати се impf , прѐдати се pf
Roman: predávati se (sh) impf , prèdati se (sh) pf
Slovak: vzdávať sa impf , vzdať se pf
Slovene: predajati se impf , predati se pf
Spanish: rendirse (es) , capitular (es) , claudicar (es)
Swedish: ge sig (sv) , kapitulera (sv) , ge upp (sv)
Tajik: таслим шудан ( taslim šudan )
Thai: ยอมแพ้ ( yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ ) , ทู้ ( túu )
Turkish: teslim olmak (tr)
Ukrainian: здава́тися (uk) impf ( zdavátysja ) , зда́тися pf ( zdátysja ) , капітулюва́ти impf or pf ( kapituljuváty )
Uzbek: taslim boʻlmoq
Vietnamese: đầu hàng (vi)
Zazaki: teslim biyen
to yield oneself to an influence, emotion
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Dutch: (please verify ) zich overgeven
German: (please verify ) sich ergeben , (please verify ) übergeben (de) , (please verify ) ausliefern (de) , (please verify ) abtreten (de) , (please verify ) auf etwas verzichten , ( 1,2 ) (please verify ) aufgeben (de) , ( 1,2 ) (please verify ) kapitulieren (de)
Italian: (please verify ) arrendersi (it)
Latin: (please verify ) tradere
Slovene: (please verify ) vdati se , (please verify ) predati se
Telugu: (please verify ) లొంగు (te) ( loṅgu ) , (please verify ) లొంగిపోవు (te) ( loṅgipōvu )
Welsh: (please verify ) ymroddi
From Middle English surrendre , from Anglo-Norman surrendre , infinitive as noun.[ 1] Displaced native Old English handgang .
surrender (countable and uncountable , plural surrenders )
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment , resignation .
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
( law , property law ) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord , so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
an act of surrendering
Arabic: اِسْتَسْلَام m ( istaslām )
Armenian: անձնատվություն (hy) ( anjnatvutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: təslim , kapitulyasiya
Belarusian: капiтуля́цыя f ( kapituljácyja ) , зда́ча f ( zdáča )
Bulgarian: капитула́ция (bg) f ( kapitulácija )
Catalan: rendició (ca) f , capitulació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 投降 (zh) ( tóuxiáng ) , 降服 (zh) ( xiángfú )
Czech: kapitulace f
Dutch: overgave (nl) f
Esperanto: kapitulaco
Estonian: allaandmine
Finnish: antautuminen (fi)
French: capitulation (fr) f , reddition (fr) f
German: Kapitulation (de) f , Ergebung f , Ergeben n , Aufgeben n , Aufgabe (de) f
Greek: παράδοση (el) f ( parádosi ) , συνθηκολόγηση (el) f ( synthikológisi )
Hungarian: kapituláció (hu)
Icelandic: uppgjöf f
Japanese: ( military ) 降服 (ja) ( こうふく, kōfuku ) , 投降 (ja) ( とうこう, tōkō ) , ( criminal ) 自首 (ja) ( じしゅ, jishu ) , ( property ) 譲渡 (ja) ( じょうと, jōto ) , 放棄 (ja) ( hōki )
Korean: ( military ) 항복(降伏) (ko) ( hangbok ) , 항복(降服) (ko) ( hangbok ) , 투항(投降) (ko) ( tuhang ) , ( criminal ) 자수(自首) (ko) ( jasu )
Latin: dēditiō f
Maori: haurarotanga
Persian: تسلیم (fa) ( taslim )
Polish: kapitulacja (pl) f
Portuguese: rendição (pt) f
Russian: капитуля́ция (ru) f ( kapituljácija ) , сда́ча (ru) f ( sdáča )
Scottish Gaelic: gèilleadh m
Slovak: kapitulácia f
Spanish: claudicación (es) f , rendición (es) f
Swedish: uppgivelse c
Telugu: లొంగుబాటు (te) ( loṅgubāṭu )
Thai: ยอมแพ้ ( yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ )
Turkish: teslim olma
Ukrainian: капітуля́ція f ( kapituljácija ) , зда́ча f ( zdáča )
the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand
Bulgarian: предаване (bg) n ( predavane )
Finnish: luopuminen (fi) , luovuttaminen (fi)
German: Übergeben n , Übergabe (de) f , Aushändigung f
Japanese: ( military ) 降服 (ja) ( こうふく, kōfuku ) , 投降 (ja) ( とうこう, tōkō ) , ( property ) 譲渡 (ja) ( じょうと, jōto )
Korean: ( military ) 항복(降伏) (ko) ( hangbok ) , 항복(降服) (ko) ( hangbok ) , 투항(投降) (ko) ( tuhang )
Maori: haurarotanga
Telugu: లొంగుబాటు (te) ( loṅgubāṭu )
law, property law: the yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord
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