verleumden
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verliumden, contracted form of verliumunden. Equivalent to Leumund + ver- -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /fərˈlɔʏ̯mdən/, /fɛr-/, [fɐˈlɔʏ̯m.dn̩], [fɛɐ̯-], [-dən]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧leum‧den
Verb
[edit]verleumden (weak, third-person singular present verleumdet, past tense verleumdete, past participle verleumdet, auxiliary haben)
- to libel, traduce
- Synonym: diffamieren
- c. 1914, Franz Kafka, chapter 1, in Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925; republished as W. & E. Muir, transl., The Trial, 1935:
- Jemand mußte Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne daß er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er eines Morgens verhaftet.
- Someone must have traduced Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verleumden | ||||
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present participle | verleumdend | ||||
past participle | verleumdet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verleumde | wir verleumden | i | ich verleumde | wir verleumden |
du verleumdest | ihr verleumdet | du verleumdest | ihr verleumdet | ||
er verleumdet | sie verleumden | er verleumde | sie verleumden | ||
preterite | ich verleumdete | wir verleumdeten | ii | ich verleumdete1 | wir verleumdeten1 |
du verleumdetest | ihr verleumdetet | du verleumdetest1 | ihr verleumdetet1 | ||
er verleumdete | sie verleumdeten | er verleumdete1 | sie verleumdeten1 | ||
imperative | verleumd (du) verleumde (du) |
verleumdet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verleumden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verleumden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verleumden” in Duden online
- “verleumden” in OpenThesaurus.de
- “verleumden” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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