vernichten
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vernihten, from nihten, from niht. See nicht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtən/, [fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtn̩]
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Verb
vernichten (weak, third-person singular present vernichtet, past tense vernichtete, past participle vernichtet, auxiliary haben)
- to destroy; to ruin; to wreck
- to annihilate; to benothing; to eradicate; to extinguish (to make dying out or nothing)
- Synonym: auslöschen
- Antonym: erzeugen
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Vernichten
- Vernichter
- Vernichtung
Further reading
- “vernichten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vernichten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vernichten” in Duden online
- “vernichten” in OpenThesaurus.de
- “vernichten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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