zerkreuzen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]zer- + kreuzen (“to interbreed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zerkreuzen (weak, third-person singular present zerkreuzt, past tense zerkreuzte, past participle zerkreuzt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, obsolete, proscribed, offensive) to contaminate a people; to ruin through interbreeding
Usage notes
[edit]- The word is part of Nazi-era terminology, whose use in a German context today can be very problematic and offensive. The word zerkreuzen is little known, however.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zerkreuzen | ||||
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present participle | zerkreuzend | ||||
past participle | zerkreuzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zerkreuze | wir zerkreuzen | i | ich zerkreuze | wir zerkreuzen |
du zerkreuzt | ihr zerkreuzt | du zerkreuzest | ihr zerkreuzet | ||
er zerkreuzt | sie zerkreuzen | er zerkreuze | sie zerkreuzen | ||
preterite | ich zerkreuzte | wir zerkreuzten | ii | ich zerkreuzte1 | wir zerkreuzten1 |
du zerkreuztest | ihr zerkreuztet | du zerkreuztest1 | ihr zerkreuztet1 | ||
er zerkreuzte | sie zerkreuzten | er zerkreuzte1 | sie zerkreuzten1 | ||
imperative | zerkreuz (du) zerkreuze (du) |
zerkreuzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
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- German terms prefixed with zer-
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German transitive verbs
- German terms with obsolete senses
- German proscribed terms
- German offensive terms