vertun

From Middle High German vertuon, from Old High German fartuon (“to fordo, waste, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *fardōną, *fradōną (“to ruin, destroy”). Equivalent to ver- +‎ tun. Cognate with English fordo, Dutch verdoen.

• IPA^(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈtuːn]

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• Hyphenation: ver‧tun

vertun (irregular, third-person singular present vertut, past tense vertat, past participle vertan, past subjunctive vertäte, auxiliary haben)

1. (reflexive) to make a mistake

   Da hab ich mich wohl vertan. ― I must've made a mistake.

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• Vertun, Vertuer, Vertuung
• vertuend, vertan

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