verschmähen

From Middle High German versmæhen, from Old High German farsmāhjan, from Proto-Germanic *smēhida-, from the verb *smēhijan (“to sneer at, publicly despise”). Equivalent to ver- +‎ schmähen (“to mock, verbally abuse”).

• IPA^(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛːən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-ˈʃmeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: ver‧schmä‧hen

verschmähen (weak, third-person singular present verschmäht, past tense verschmähte, past participle verschmäht, auxiliary haben)

1. to scorn, to disdain

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• “verschmähen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “verschmähen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “verschmähen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “verschmähen” in Duden online