Im Kreis seiner Freunde am Lagerfeuer fühlt sich Otti geborgen. Among his friends around the campfire, Otti feels safe and sound.

adjective · B2

geborgen

[ɡəˈbɔʁɡn̩]

safe, secure

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Bei meiner Oma in der Küche habe ich mich immer geborgen gefühlt.

In my grandma's kitchen, I always felt safe and secure.
Fühlt ihr euch in eurer neuen Nachbarschaft schon geborgen?

Do you already feel safe and at ease in your new neighbourhood?
Das Baby schläft geborgen in den Armen seines Vaters.

The baby sleeps safe and sound in its father's arms.

ge prefix borg root en ending

ge-: in nouns, often a group or a result: das Gebäude (building), das Geschenk (gift); in verbs, the past participle: gekauft.
-en: the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

die Geborgenheitbergenverborgen

der Abschied anpassen dankbar sich eingewöhnen sich einleben einsam fremd die Geborgenheit die Gemeinschaft die Heimat das Heimweh die Herkunft

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