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to recommend
To give someone else a positive recommendation for a product, service, or person because you have had good experiences with it yourself.
Dieses Restaurant ist fantastisch, das kann ich nur weiterempfehlen.
This restaurant is fantastic; I can only recommend it.
'Weiterempfehlen' (to recommend) is a separable verb. The prefix 'weiter-' comes at the end in a main clause. In subordinate clauses and in the infinitive with 'zu', the verb stays together.
Ich empfehle dir dieses Buch auf jeden Fall weiter.
I definitely recommend this book to you.
The word consists of the adverb 'weiter' (on / further) and the verb 'empfehlen' (to recommend). Literally, it means to 'pass on' a recommendation to the next person.
Können Sie mir einen guten Arzt weiterempfehlen?
Can you recommend a good doctor to me?
The typical sentence structure is 'jemandem (Dativ) etwas (Akkusativ) weiterempfehlen' (to recommend something to someone). The person who receives the recommendation is in the dative, and the thing being recommended is in the accusative.
Mein Kollege hat mir diesen Film weiterempfohlen.
My colleague recommended this film to me.
to recommend
'empfehlen' and 'weiterempfehlen' both mean that you give someone positive advice about something. 'empfehlen' is more general: you can recommend a book, a doctor, or a course of action, even without strongly emphasizing your own experience. 'weiterempfehlen' is mostly used when you have had good experiences yourself and pass this recommendation on to other people. The words can be confused because both express a positive opinion. 'empfehlen' works for any kind of advice or recommendation. 'weiterempfehlen' is especially suitable for products, services, or people that you warmly recommend to others based on your own experience.
Nach dem leckeren Abendessen hat sie das Restaurant sofort weiterempfohlen.
After the delicious dinner, she immediately recommended the restaurant to others.
Kannst du mir ein gutes Wörterbuch für den Deutschkurs empfehlen?
Can you recommend a good dictionary for the German course?