vertilgen
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See also: Vertilgen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vertilgen, vertiligen, from Old High German firtīligōn. Equivalent to ver- + tilgen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]vertilgen (weak, third-person singular present vertilgt, past tense vertilgte, past participle vertilgt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to eradicate
- 1917, Ricarda Huch, Der Fall Deruga [The Deruga Case][1]:
- Dann stellte ich in den beiden Zimmern alles so, wie es vorher gewesen war, ging in die Küche, reinigte das Glas, vertilgte überhaupt jede Spur meiner Anwesenheit und ging fort.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive, colloquial) to eat up, to gulp down
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | vertilgen | ||||
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present participle | vertilgend | ||||
past participle | vertilgt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich vertilge | wir vertilgen | i | ich vertilge | wir vertilgen |
du vertilgst | ihr vertilgt | du vertilgest | ihr vertilget | ||
er vertilgt | sie vertilgen | er vertilge | sie vertilgen | ||
preterite | ich vertilgte | wir vertilgten | ii | ich vertilgte1 | wir vertilgten1 |
du vertilgtest | ihr vertilgtet | du vertilgtest1 | ihr vertilgtet1 | ||
er vertilgte | sie vertilgten | er vertilgte1 | sie vertilgten1 | ||
imperative | vertilg (du) vertilge (du) |
vertilgt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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