verbrechen
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See also: Verbrechen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verbrechen (“to breach, violate”), from Old High German firbrehhan (“to break, destroy”), from Proto-West Germanic *frabrekan. Equivalent to ver- + brechen. Cognates include Dutch verbreken and English forbreak.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verbrechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present verbricht, past tense verbrach, past participle verbrochen, past subjunctive verbräche, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, chiefly informal, sometimes humorous) to do (something wrong); to be at fault for
- (transitive or intransitive, obsolete) to break (a law, the law); to commit a crime
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verbrechen | ||||
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present participle | verbrechend | ||||
past participle | verbrochen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verbreche | wir verbrechen | i | ich verbreche | wir verbrechen |
du verbrichst | ihr verbrecht | du verbrechest | ihr verbrechet | ||
er verbricht | sie verbrechen | er verbreche | sie verbrechen | ||
preterite | ich verbrach | wir verbrachen | ii | ich verbräche1 | wir verbrächen1 |
du verbrachst | ihr verbracht | du verbrächest1 du verbrächst1 |
ihr verbrächet1 ihr verbrächt1 | ||
er verbrach | sie verbrachen | er verbräche1 | sie verbrächen1 | ||
imperative | verbrich (du) | verbrecht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verbrechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verbrechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verbrechen” in Duden online
- “verbrechen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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