verdreschen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German *verdreschen, from Old High German firdrescan, firdreskan. Equivalent to ver- + dreschen.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]verdreschen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verdrischt, past tense verdrosch, past participle verdroschen, past subjunctive verdrösche, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial) to slug, to thrash, to lambaste, to whale on, to bash up (someone)
- Synonyms: verhauen, verprügeln
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verdreschen | ||||
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present participle | verdreschend | ||||
past participle | verdroschen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verdresche | wir verdreschen | i | ich verdresche | wir verdreschen |
du verdrischst du verdrischt1 |
ihr verdrescht | du verdreschest | ihr verdreschet | ||
er verdrischt | sie verdreschen | er verdresche | sie verdreschen | ||
preterite | ich verdrosch | wir verdroschen | ii | ich verdrösche2 | wir verdröschen2 |
du verdroschst | ihr verdroscht | du verdröschest2 du verdröschst2 |
ihr verdröschet2 ihr verdröscht2 | ||
er verdrosch | sie verdroschen | er verdrösche2 | sie verdröschen2 | ||
imperative | verdrisch (du) | verdrescht (ihr) |
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verdreschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verdreschen” in Duden online
- “verdreschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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