verzweifeln
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See also: Verzweifeln
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verzwīveln (12th century), from Old High German firzwīvalen, firzwīfalen. By surface analysis, ver- + zweifeln (“to doubt”). Compare Dutch vertwijfelen, Swedish förtvivla, etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /feʁˈtsvaɪ̯fəln/, [fɐˈt͡sʋaɪ̯.fl̩n], [fɛɐ̯-], [-fəln]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧zwei‧feln
Verb
[edit]verzweifeln (weak, third-person singular present verzweifelt, past tense verzweifelte, past participle verzweifelt, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to despair [with an (+ dative) ‘over something’]
- Die Hauptsache ist, nicht zu verzweifeln.
- The main thing is not to despair.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verzweifeln | ||||
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present participle | verzweifelnd | ||||
past participle | verzweifelt | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verzweifle ich verzweifele ich verzweifel |
wir verzweifeln | i | ich verzweifele ich verzweifle |
wir verzweifeln |
du verzweifelst | ihr verzweifelt | du verzweifelest du verzweiflest |
ihr verzweifelet ihr verzweiflet | ||
er verzweifelt | sie verzweifeln | er verzweifele er verzweifle |
sie verzweifeln | ||
preterite | ich verzweifelte | wir verzweifelten | ii | ich verzweifelte1 | wir verzweifelten1 |
du verzweifeltest | ihr verzweifeltet | du verzweifeltest1 | ihr verzweifeltet1 | ||
er verzweifelte | sie verzweifelten | er verzweifelte1 | sie verzweifelten1 | ||
imperative | verzweifle (du) verzweifel (du) verzweifele (du) |
verzweifelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verzweifeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verzweifeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verzweifeln” in Duden online
- “verzweifeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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