verderf

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch verderf; a deverbal from verderven.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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verderf n (uncountable)

  1. ruination, perdition
    dood en verderf zaaiento wreak death and destruction (literally, “to sow death and ruination”)
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