vertrösten
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See also: Vertrösten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vertrœsten, from Old High German firtrōsten. Equivalent to ver- + trösten.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈtrøːstən/, [-tʰʁøːst(ə)n], [-trøːst(ə)n] (most of Germany, Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈtrøːstɛn/, [-d̥røː-], [-stn̩] (Austro-Bavarian)
- Hyphenation: ver‧trös‧ten
Verb
[edit]vertrösten (weak, third-person singular present vertröstet, past tense vertröstete, past participle vertröstet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to put off somebody, to feed with hopes of something, to promise something for a later point in time
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | vertrösten | ||||
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present participle | vertröstend | ||||
past participle | vertröstet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich vertröste | wir vertrösten | i | ich vertröste | wir vertrösten |
du vertröstest | ihr vertröstet | du vertröstest | ihr vertröstet | ||
er vertröstet | sie vertrösten | er vertröste | sie vertrösten | ||
preterite | ich vertröstete | wir vertrösteten | ii | ich vertröstete1 | wir vertrösteten1 |
du vertröstetest | ihr vertröstetet | du vertröstetest1 | ihr vertröstetet1 | ||
er vertröstete | sie vertrösteten | er vertröstete1 | sie vertrösteten1 | ||
imperative | vertröst (du) vertröste (du) |
vertröstet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vertrösten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vertrösten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vertrösten” in Duden online
- “vertrösten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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