verzehren

See also: Verzehren

German

Etymology

From Middle High German verzeren, verzern, vorzern, ferzeren, ferzern, forzern, from Old High German firzeran (“to tear up, consume”), from Proto-West Germanic *frateran (“to tear up, tear to shreds”), equivalent to ver- +‎ zehren. Cognate with Middle Low German vörtēren (modern German Low German vertehren), Dutch verteren (“to consume, devour”), English fortear (“to tear up”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈtseːʁən/, [fɛɐ̯ˈtseːɐ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -eːʀən
  • Hyphenation: ver‧zeh‧ren
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Verb

verzehren (weak, third-person singular present verzehrt, past tense verzehrte, past participle verzehrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to consume
  2. (reflexive) to languish

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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