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I have no idea which form is "correct". I find this verb awkward to start with and I would prefer to avoid using it at all. However, being confronted with the necessity of using it, I would use...

Do you mean "is still just 'anziehen'"? :-) It's a Russian-German dictionary, isn't it?[/quote]

Yes, exactly.

Well, most of my dictionaries are German, so the actual translation is a German word; in the case of PONS, 'anziehen' in both cases, which could mean to dress oneself as well as dress someone...

одевать = to dress someone, to clothe someone (you can't одевать a coat)
надевать = to put something (some clothes) on someone or on oneself (you can't надевать a kid)[/quote]

Thanks, Оля, what a...

I'm two thirds posh in Russian, apparently, but what is the exact difference between"одевать" and "надевать", if I may ask? :wink: Might as well go all the way.

I have been told, by the way, that...