verheeren
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verhern, from Old High German farheriōn, originally "to defeat with an army," [1] equivalent to ver- + the root of Heer (“army”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verheeren (weak, third-person singular present verheert, past tense verheerte, past participle verheert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to devastate
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verheeren | ||||
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present participle | verheerend | ||||
past participle | verheert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verheere | wir verheeren | i | ich verheere | wir verheeren |
du verheerst | ihr verheert | du verheerest | ihr verheeret | ||
er verheert | sie verheeren | er verheere | sie verheeren | ||
preterite | ich verheerte | wir verheerten | ii | ich verheerte1 | wir verheerten1 |
du verheertest | ihr verheertet | du verheertest1 | ihr verheertet1 | ||
er verheerte | sie verheerten | er verheerte1 | sie verheerten1 | ||
imperative | verheer (du) verheere (du) |
verheert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verheeren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verheeren” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verheeren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verheeren” in Duden online
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