verhöhnen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈhøːnən]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧höh‧nen
Verb
verhöhnen (weak, third-person singular present verhöhnt, past tense verhöhnte, past participle verhöhnt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to scoff, to scoff at
- 1904, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Was die Heimat erzählt, Arwed Strauch, page 197:
- Wer am Pranger stand, der konnte von jedermann verhöhnt, verlacht, verspottet, ja mit Schmutz und Kot beworfen werden.
- Who stood at the pillory could be scoffed, ridiculed, mocked by everyone, even be thrown at with dirt and excrements.
- 1904, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Was die Heimat erzählt, Arwed Strauch, page 197:
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “verhöhnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verhöhnen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verhöhnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verhöhnen” in Duden online
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