verleugnen
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See also: Verleugnen
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete spelling) verläugnen
Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verlougenen, verlougen, from Old High German firlougnen, firlougen, firlouganen. Equivalent to ver- + leugnen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verleugnen (weak, third-person singular present verleugnet, past tense verleugnete, past participle verleugnet, auxiliary haben)
- to renege, repudiate
- to disown (a child, friend etc.)
- (reflexive) to deny what or where one is
- to pretend one isn't there
- to hide one's true self or convictions
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verleugnen | ||||
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present participle | verleugnend | ||||
past participle | verleugnet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verleugne | wir verleugnen | i | ich verleugne | wir verleugnen |
du verleugnest | ihr verleugnet | du verleugnest | ihr verleugnet | ||
er verleugnet | sie verleugnen | er verleugne | sie verleugnen | ||
preterite | ich verleugnete | wir verleugneten | ii | ich verleugnete1 | wir verleugneten1 |
du verleugnetest | ihr verleugnetet | du verleugnetest1 | ihr verleugnetet1 | ||
er verleugnete | sie verleugneten | er verleugnete1 | sie verleugneten1 | ||
imperative | verleugne (du) | verleugnet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verleugnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verleugnen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verleugnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verleugnen” in Duden online
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