verteidigen

• vertheidigen (obsolete)

From Middle High German verteidingen from vertagedingen, derived from teidinc, tagedinc (originally "judgment", then "talk, chatter", so Narrenteiding (“foolish chatter”)) of tac (“day”) and ding (“negotiation”); see Tag and Ding for more. Cognate with Dutch verdedigen.

• IPA^(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡən/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧tei‧di‧gen

verteidigen (weak, third-person singular present verteidigt, past tense verteidigte, past participle verteidigt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to defend (from attack)
2. to justify (an opinion, behavior, etc.)

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• defendieren

• angreifen

• Verteidigen, Verteidiger, Verteidigung
• verteidigend, verteidigt

• “verteidigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “verteidigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “verteidigen” in Duden online
• “verteidigen” in OpenThesaurus.de