verfluchen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vervluochen, from Old High German firfluohhan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraflōkan. Equivalent to ver- + fluchen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verfluchen (weak, third-person singular present verflucht, past tense verfluchte, past participle verflucht, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to curse
- Die Hexe verfluchte ihn.
- The witch cursed him.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verfluchen | ||||
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present participle | verfluchend | ||||
past participle | verflucht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verfluche | wir verfluchen | i | ich verfluche | wir verfluchen |
du verfluchst | ihr verflucht | du verfluchest | ihr verfluchet | ||
er verflucht | sie verfluchen | er verfluche | sie verfluchen | ||
preterite | ich verfluchte | wir verfluchten | ii | ich verfluchte1 | wir verfluchten1 |
du verfluchtest | ihr verfluchtet | du verfluchtest1 | ihr verfluchtet1 | ||
er verfluchte | sie verfluchten | er verfluchte1 | sie verfluchten1 | ||
imperative | verfluch (du) verfluche (du) |
verflucht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verfluchen” in Duden online
- “verfluchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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