tagen vs treffen in German

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Both can relate to meeting, but they differ:

• tagen: for an official body being in session or holding a formal meeting: Das Parlament tagt heute.
• treffen: to meet someone, or to hit something: Ich treffe morgen meine Freunde.

For “hold a meeting,” German often uses sich treffen or eine Sitzung abhalten.

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