verletzen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verletzen, ferletzen, equivalent to ver- + letzen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verletzen (weak, third-person singular present verletzt, past tense verletzte, past participle verletzt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to hurt, to injure
- to violate (rules, laws, etc.)
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 46/2010, page 89:
- Unternehmen und Manager, die bei ihren Geschäften im Ausland Menschenrechte verletzen, sollen künftig auch nach deutschem Zivil- und Wirtschaftsrecht haftbar gemacht werden.
- Entrepreneurs and managers that violate human rights during their foreign business activities are to be held liable according to German civil and commercial law in the future.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verletzen | ||||
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present participle | verletzend | ||||
past participle | verletzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verletze | wir verletzen | i | ich verletze | wir verletzen |
du verletzt | ihr verletzt | du verletzest | ihr verletzet | ||
er verletzt | sie verletzen | er verletze | sie verletzen | ||
preterite | ich verletzte | wir verletzten | ii | ich verletzte1 | wir verletzten1 |
du verletztest | ihr verletztet | du verletztest1 | ihr verletztet1 | ||
er verletzte | sie verletzten | er verletzte1 | sie verletzten1 | ||
imperative | verletz (du) verletze (du) |
verletzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Further reading
[edit]- “verletzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verletzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verletzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verletzen” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verletzen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verletzen (third-person singular present verletzt, past participle verletzt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to injure, to wound
- (transitive) to offend, to insult
- (transitive) to violate, to break (e.g. a law, a rule)
Conjugation
[edit]Regular | ||
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infinitive | verletzen | |
participle | verletzt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | verletzen | — |
2nd singular | verletz | verletz |
3rd singular | verletzt | — |
1st plural | verletzen | — |
2nd plural | verletzt | verletzt |
3rd plural | verletzen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (to injure): blesséieren, verwonnen
- (to offend): blesséieren, kränken, toufen, vexéieren
- (to violate): violéieren
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