verspotten
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛʁˈʃpɔtən/, [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɔtn̩]
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧spot‧ten
Verb
verspotten (weak, third-person singular present verspottet, past tense verspottete, past participle verspottet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to make fun of, to mock
- (transitive) to ridicule
Conjugation
Conjugation of verspotten (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | verspotten | ||||
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present participle | verspottend | ||||
past participle | verspottet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verspotte | wir verspotten | i | ich verspotte | wir verspotten |
du verspottest | ihr verspottet | du verspottest | ihr verspottet | ||
er verspottet | sie verspotten | er verspotte | sie verspotten | ||
preterite | ich verspottete | wir verspotteten | ii | ich verspottete1 | wir verspotteten1 |
du verspottetest | ihr verspottetet | du verspottetest1 | ihr verspottetet1 | ||
er verspottete | sie verspotteten | er verspottete1 | sie verspotteten1 | ||
imperative | verspott (du) verspotte (du) |
verspottet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verspotten (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Verspotten, Verspotter, Verspottung
- verspottend, verspottet
Further reading
- “verspotten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verspotten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verspotten” in Duden online
- “verspotten” in OpenThesaurus.de
- “verspotten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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