verwittern

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German

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Ein verwitterter Felsbrocken

Etymology

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ver- +‎ wittern, from Middle High German witeren, from Middle High German weter, from Old High German wetar. From Proto-Germanic *wedrą (weather), eventually from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɛʁˈvɪtɛʁn], [fɛɐ̯ˈvɪtɛɐ̯n]
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Verb

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verwittern (weak, third-person singular present verwittert, past tense verwitterte, past participle verwittert, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to erode
  2. (transitive, hunting) to overhaul the smell of a place to lure or scare wild animals

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