verheeren

German

Etymology

From Middle High German verhern, from Old High German farheriōn, originally "to defeat with an army," [1] equivalent to ver- + the root of Heer (army).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈheːʁən]
  • Hyphenation: verheeren
  • (file)

Verb

verheeren (weak, third-person singular present verheert, past tense verheerte, past participle verheert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to devastate

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Dudenredaktion (editor): Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch. Das umfassende Bedeutungswörterbuch der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. 8., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2015, →ISBN, page 1896, s.v. „verheeren“.

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