verkehren

German

Etymology

ver- + kehren. Already Middle High German verkēren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛrˈkeːrən/, [fɛrˈkeːrən], [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯n], [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːʁən], [fɛrˈkeːʁən]
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  • Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Verb

verkehren (weak, third-person singular present verkehrt, past tense verkehrte, past participle verkehrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to interact in somebody’s sphere, to have exchange, to operate
    • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 278:
      Anstatt einer Antwort herrschte Diederich die Schwestern an. „Mit Käthchen Zillich verkehrt ihr nicht mehr!“ Da sie ihn ansahen, errötete er und stieß drohend aus: „Sie ist eine Verworfene!
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  2. (archaic, transitive) to cause to flow across spheres, to make be in commerce
  3. (transitive, often derogatory) to turn into an opposite nature, state or direction

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