verdummen

German

Etymology

ver- + dumm + -en

Pronunciation

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Verb

verdummen (weak, third-person singular present verdummt, past tense verdummte, past participle verdummt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to influence (someone) such that they become stupid and uncritically accept ideas and arguments [auxiliary haben]
  2. to become stupid and uncritical [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • verdummen” in Duden online
  • verdummen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

Etymology

From ver- + dumm (dumb; silent, mute). Cognate with English dumb.

Verb

verdummen (past singular verdumm, past participle verdummt, auxiliary verb hebben or wesen)

  1. to silence (a person).

Conjugation

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