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(169 cards)
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verabscheuen
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to abhor; to detest; to loathe; to abominate
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verachten
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to scorn; to despise; to abominate
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verallgemeinern
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to generalize
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veranlassen
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to cause
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verarbeiten
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to process; to handle; to manufacture
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verarmen
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to impoverish; to pauperize
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verarschen
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(colloquial) to trick; to fool (to cause to believe something untrue) verarscht pranked; punked
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verbannen
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to banish; exile
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verbarrikadieren
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to barricade
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verbauen
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To block or obstruct To bodge
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verbergen
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(transitive) to hide
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verbessern
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(transitive) to improve (to make better) (reflexive) to improve (to become better) (transitive) to correct
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verbeugen
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(reflexive; gesture) to bow
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verbiegen
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(transitive) to bend sth. (reflexive) to bend; become bent
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verbieten
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(with dative) to forbid; prohibit Ich verbiete Ihnen in diesem Ton mit meiner Frau zu sprechen. I forbid you to talk in that tone of voice with my wife.
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verbinden
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to connect; link up to bandage
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verbittern
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to embitter
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verbleien
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to lead (to cover; fill; or affect with lead)
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verbleichen
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to fade to die
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verbluten
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to bleed to death (die from loss of blood)
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verbrauchen
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to consume 1932; Erich Muehsam; Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat; in: Erich Muehsam: Prosaschriften II; Verlag europaeische ideen Berlin (1978); page 255: Wir verstehen unter Kommunismus die auf Guetergemeinschaft beruhende Gesellschaftsbeziehung; die jedem nach seinen Faehigkeiten zu arbeiten; jedem nach seinen Beduerfnissen zu verbrauchen erlaubt. We understand by communism the relationship of society that is based on public ownership; that allows everyone to work according to his capabilities; everyone to consume according to his needs.
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verbrechen
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(transitive) to be responsible for something; usually something criminal or otherwise undesirable
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verbreiten
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(transitive) to put about; spread; circulate; disseminate sth. (reflexive) to spread; circulate; get around sth.
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verbrennen
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(transitive) to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire or flames); to incinerate; to combust Das Feuer war verheerend; da nahezu jede Pflanze im Feuer verbrannte. The fire was devastating because nearly every plant was consumed by the flames. (transitive; reflexive; medicine) to burn oneself; to suffer a burning sich den Arm verbrennen to burn one’s arm Neugierige Katzten verbrennen sich die Tatzen. Curiosity killed the cat. (transitive; military) to scorch die Taktik der verbrannten Erde the tactic of scorched earth to burn (to hurt the mouth by an overdose of spices) 2010; Der Spiegel; issue 28/2010; page 98: Freunde exotischer Gerichte verbrennen sich mitunter gehoerig den Mund; weil sie die Schaerfe falsch einschaetzen. Friends of exotic dishes now and then awfully burn their mouth; because they misjudge the spiciness.
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verbringen
to spend (time) 1918; Elisabeth von Heyking; Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter; in Zwei Erzaehlungen; Phillipp Reclam jun.; page 78: Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den grossen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schoensten Stunden. She liked best to escape from all of that into the big garden. There she spent her most pleasant hours.
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verbruedern
(reflexive) to fraternize (to associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner)
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verbuessen
(transitive; law) to serve (a sentence) 2010; Der Spiegel; issue 27/2010; page 109: Ein Gericht verurteilt einen Taeter zu einer Strafe. Nachdem er sie verbuesst hat; ist der Rechtsfrieden wieder hergestellt: Seine Schuld ist getilgt; die Strafe soehnt ihn mit der Gesellschaft aus. A court sentences a delinquent to a penalty. After he has served it; the lawful state is restored: His guilt is cleared; the punishment reconciles him with society.
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verdampfen
To evaporate To vaporize / vaporise
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verdanken
to owe
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verdichten
to condense
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verdienen
To earn. To deserve.
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verdraengen
To displace To replace; supersede To repress; suppress To oust
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verdummen
(with ‘haben’) to influence (someone) such that they become stupid and uncritically accept ideas and arguments (with ‘sein’) to become stupid and uncritical
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verduennen
to thin down; to dilute (a liquid or gas)
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vereinfachen
(transitive) to simplify (to make simpler) (reflexive) to simplify (to become simpler)
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verfahren
to proceed; to deal with (as a driver of a vehicle) to lose one's way; to get lost
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verfehlen
(transitive) to miss (transitive) to mistake
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verfliegen
(intransitive) To disappear; to vanish (reflexive; aviation) To fly the wrong route
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verfluchen
(transitive) to curse
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verfluessigen
to liquefy; to liquify
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verfolgen
to pursue to persecute to trace to haunt 2010; Der Spiegel; issue 24/2010; page 88: Die Furcht; ein wiedervereinigtes Deutschland werde langfristig staerker seinen nationalen Interessen nachgehen und unilateral agieren ohne Ruecksicht auf den Nachbarn also ; verfolgt seither Frankreichs politische Klasse. The fear that a reunited Germany would pursue its national interests more strongly in the long term and act unilaterally hence without consideration of its neighbors haunts the political class of France since that time.
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verformen
to deform
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verfuegen
to decree (to command by a decree)
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verfuehren
to seduce
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vergasen
(transitive) to gasify (transitive) to gas
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vergeben
to set (to devise and assign work) to forgive
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vergehen
to pass; to elapse
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vergelten
to retaliate
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vergewaltigen
to rape
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vergraben
to bury (to place in the ground)
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vergreisen
to age (intransitive: become old)
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vergroessern
to enlarge; to amplify; to increase (reflexive) to become larger
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verhaften
to detain; to take into custody
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verhalten
restrained
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verhehlen
to conceal; to hide; to dissemble 1931; Arthur Schnitzler; Flucht in die Finsternis; S. Fischer Verlag; page 51: Und da er keinen Grund hatte; ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen; so stellte er sich in aller Form vor. And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her; he introduced himself in all due form.
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verheiraten
(transitive; to perform or cause the marriage of a couple) to marry (reflexive) to marry; to get married
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verhexen
to bewitch
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verhindern
to prevent; to inhibit
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verhungern
to starve
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verhoeren
(in court or by the police) to interrogate
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verhuellen
to cloak; to cover to veil
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verirren
(reflexive) to get lost
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verkabeln
to hook up with cables
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verkacken
(vulgar; slang) to dick up / mess up something; to lose or fail at something; to bungle / botch
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verkapseln
to encapsulate; to enclose
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verkaufen
to sell
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verkennen
to explore
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verklagen
(transitive; law) to sue
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verkleiden
to dress up; to disguise to cover; to panel
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verkleinern
(transitive) to make smaller (reflexive) to become smaller to diminish
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verkloppen
(transitive) to beat up
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verknittern
to crinkle; to rumple
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verkuerzen
to shorten
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verladen
to transfer; to load to another place
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verlassen
(intransitive) to leave; to abandon; to depart; to forsake Die Ratten verlassen das sinkende Schiff. The rats are abandoning the sinking ship. Er verliess das Haus um 7 Uhr. He left the house at 7 o'clock. (transitive; reflexive; with ‘auf’) to trust; to rely on Ich verlasse mich darauf; dass du morgen da bist. I trust you that you will be there tomorrow. Ich habe mich sehr auf deine Informationen verlasen! I did rely a lot upon your infomation! (intransitive; figuratively) to pass away; to cease; to die Es tut mir leid; aber deine Mutter hat uns gestern Nacht verlassen. I am sorry; but your mother passed away last night. (intransitive) to desert; to dump (e.g.: a relationship) Nach einer dreijaehrigen Beziehung verliess sie ihn. After three years of an affectionate relationship; she dumped him.
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verlaufen
(reflexive) to get lost; stray Haensel und Gretel haben sich im Wald verlaufen. Hansel and Gretel got lost in the woods. (reflexive; of a crowd) to disperse; scatter Es dauert schon eine Weile; bis sich die Zuschauer nach einem Fussballspiel verlaufen. It does take a while for the crowd to disperse after a soccer match. (intransitive) to run (extend in a specific direction) Der Fluss verlaeuft von Sueden nach Norden. The river runs from south to north. Die Grenze verlaeuft entlang der Gebirgskette. The border runs along the mountain chain. (intransitive) to go; proceed (well; poorly; etc.) Alles verlaeuft wie geplant. Everything is going as planned. 1985; Das Leben; die Abenteuer und die Piratenzuege des beruehmten Kapitaen Singleton (translation of Daniel Defoe; The Life; Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton; 1720); Verlag Neues Leben; Berlin; page 12: Ich vermag hier nichts darueber zu sagen; wie unsere Reise verlief; denn ich fuehrte; wie gesagt; kein Logbuch I can say nothing here to the manner of our voyage; for; as I said; I kept no journal
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verleihen
to award (someone an honor; a medal; etc); to confer (a titel or degree upon someone) (jemandem) die Doktorwuerde verleihen to confer a doctorate (upon someone) Er hat diesem Unteroffizier das Eiserne Kreuz verliehen. He awarded the noncommissioned officer the Iron Cross. to lend (something to someone; for a finite period of time) Ich verleihe meine Zahnbuerste grundsaetzlich nicht. On principal; I never lend out my toothbrush. to vest (a power in someone); a give (a right to someone) (jemandem) das Wahlrecht verleihen to enfranchise (someone)
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verleiten
(transitive) to seduce; to entice
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verlernen
to forget (to lose remembrance of)
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verletzen
to hurt; to injure to violate (rules; laws; etc.) 2010; Der Spiegel; issue 46/2010; page 89: Unternehmen und Manager; die bei ihren Geschaeften im Ausland Menschenrechte verletzen; sollen kuenftig auch nach deutschem Zivil- und Wirtschaftsrecht haftbar gemacht werden. Entrepreneurs and managers that violate human rights during their foreign business activities are to be held liable according to German civil and commercial law in the future.
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verlieben
to fall in love
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verlaengern
to lengthen to prolong; to extend 2010; Der Spiegel; issue 23/2010; page 31: Betreiber von Atomkraftwerken muessen kuenftig eine neue Brennelementesteuer entrichten. Im Gegenzug werden die Laufzeiten der Meiler verlaengert. Operators of nuclear power plants have to pay a new tax on fuel rods in the future. In return the operating lives of the reactors will be extended.
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vermachen
(transitive) to leave (by will); to bequeath; to devise
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vermasseln
(colloquial; pejorative; transitive) to blow; to screw up; to botch
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vermeiden
to avoid
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vermerken
To mention; note; or record
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vermieten
to rent (to someone)
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vermischen
(transitive) To mix together. (transitive; art; painting) To put colors softly together.
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vermissen
to go missing
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vermitteln
to mediate to convey to broker; to supply; to provide
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vermuten
to assume; suppose; presume; suspect; (US) guess (transitive; a person; at a location) to suppose someone to be 1931; Arthur Schnitzler; Flucht in die Finsternis; S. Fischer Verlag; page 125: Niemand konnte ihn hier vermuten; er hatte das Gefuehl vollkommener Sicherheit; von keiner Seite drohte irgendwelche Gefahr. Nobody could suppose him to be here; he had the feeling of complete security; from no side did any danger threaten him.
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vermoegen
(transitive; takes the infinitive with zu) to be able to; may. Das vermag ich nicht zu machen. I'm not able to do that.
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vernachlaessigen
(transitive) To neglect
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vernetzen
to network to cross-link
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verordnen
to decree (to command by a decree)
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verpassen
to miss (to be late for something) to forfeit
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verpfaenden
to pawn; to mortgage
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verpflichten
(transitive) to oblige somebody; make somebody promise (transitive) to commit; to oblige (transitive) to oblige; to swear; to be sworn (transitive) to engage (intransitive; law) to bind somebody by contract; to oblige somebody (intransitive) to be an obligation (reflexive) to undertake (to commit oneself to an obligation)
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verpissen
(reflexive) to fuck off; piss off (leave) verpiss dich! - piss off/fuck off
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verplempern
(colloquial) to squander; waste; fritter away (time or money) (colloquial) to spill (a liquid)
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verpruegeln
to beat up someone to beat; to bash
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verpuffen
to deflagrate
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verraten
comparably; relatively
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verrechnen
(reflexive) to miscalculate
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verrichten
to perform; to carry out
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verrosten
To rust
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versammeln
to gather; to assemble
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versauen
to mess up
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verschicken
(transitive) to send out (transitive) to send off
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verschlechtern
to deteriorate (make worse)
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verschleiern
to veil to disguise to cloud (make obscure)
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verschleudern
to dump (sell dirt cheap)
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verschliessen
(transitive) to close; to shut; to lock (transitive) to lock (something) up
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verschlimmern
to make worse; to worsen; to aggravate
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verschmelzen
To blend; merge; coalesce To fuse (together)
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verschneiden
to neuter (to remove sex organs from an animal) to mix; to blend (for example: beer; wine)
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verschreiben
to prescribe Der Doktor hat mir ein Antibiotikum verschrieben. to make an error while writing Mann; jetzt habe ich mich schon wieder verschrieben! to commit oneself to something Sie hat sich vollkommen der Religion verschrieben.
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verschweigen
to conceal (to hide something)
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verschwinden
(intransitive) to disappear; to vanish (colloquial) to get lost; to take a hike
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verschwoeren
(reflexive) to conspire
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verschuetten
(a liquid) to spill (in rubble) to trap; to bury alive
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versehen
(transitive; a service or duty) to perform (transitive; an office) to hold versehen mit to provide with (reflexive) to make a mistake Ich habe mich versehen.
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verseifen
(chemistry) to saponify 1859; Jacob Moleschott; Die Verdauung der Fette; page 66-67: Zwar sind kohlensaure Alkalien im Stande; neutrale Fette zu verseifen; und die Galle koennte sich also durch ihren Gehalt an kohlensaurem Natron in dieser Richtung wirksam erweisen. On the one hand; alkaline carbonates have the potential to saponify neutral fats; and the bile could be seen in this way due to its sodium carbonate content.
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versenden
to ship; to dispatch
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versetzen
to put; to move (into a state or position) to deal; to give (a blow; hit etc.) (school) to promote (to the next grade) (work) to transfer (to a different work place or position)
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versichern
to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs) Bei welcher Krankenkasse bist du versichert? to reassure; assure Ich versichere Ihnen; dass ...
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versorgen
to supply; to provide (medically; first-aid) to treat
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verspeisen
To consume.
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versperren
to bar; block
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verspielen
To gamble sth. away; to game away To play the wrong note (instrument)
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verspotten
to make fun of
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versprechen
to promise 2010; Der Spiegel; issue 52/2010; page 26: Wirtschaft und Regierung blicken mit Zuversicht ins naechste Jahr. 2011 verspricht eine Fortsetzung des Aufschwungs. Industry and government look with confidence into the next year. 2011 promises a continuation of the economic upswing. (reflexive) to make a verbal slip (reflexive; with dative pronoun) to expect Ich verspreche mir viel davon. I expect a lot from it.
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verstaatlichen
to nationalize; to socialize
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verstehen
(transitive) to understand; to comprehend (to be aware of the meaning of) Ich verstehe; wie diese Maschine funktioniert ... I understand how this machine works. (reflexive) to get along well with (=mit); to like Sie verstehen sich miteinander. They get along well with each other.
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verstellen
to adjust
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verstossen
to outcast er wurde aus seinem Dorf verstossen to infringe (against a law) das verstoesst gegen unsere Abmachung
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verstrahlen
to contaminate (with radiation)
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verstreichen
to pass 1918; Elisabeth von Heyking; Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter; in Zwei Erzaehlungen; Phillipp Reclam jun.; page 106: Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen; seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbaeumen Burkahnens ueber ihr Leben entschieden hatte. Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.
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verstreuen
To scatter To disperse
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versuchen
to try; attempt to tempt
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versuessen
to sugar (to make something seem less unpleasant)
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verteilen
(transitive) to distribute (transitive) to spread (reflexive) to spread out
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vertippen
to mistype
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vertragen
(transitive) to slow down; to delay
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vertreten
to represent to substitute
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Vertrieb
(trading) sale; sales distribution; marketing; trafficking
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vertun
(reflexive) to make a mistake
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verurteilen
to condemn (law) to sentence 2010; Der Spiegel; issue 27/2010; page 109: Ein Gericht verurteilt einen Taeter zu einer Strafe. Nachdem er sie verbuesst hat; ist der Rechtsfrieden wieder hergestellt: Seine Schuld ist getilgt; die Strafe soehnt ihn mit der Gesellschaft aus. A court sentences a delinquent to a penalty. After he has served it; the lawful state is restored: His guilt is cleared; the punishment reconciles him with society.
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verdammen
(transitive) to condemn (transitive) to damn
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Verstellung
adjustment displacement; shift disguise dissimulation; feint; affectation; pretense
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vervollstaendigen
to complete; to round off
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verwandeln
to metamorphose Franz Kafka; The Metamorphosis (1915): Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Traeumen erwachte; fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt. As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect. to transform; to convert to turn 2010; Der Spiegel; issue 33/2010; page 83: Seit Ende Juli hat der Monsunregen die Fluesse in weiten Teilen Pakistans ueber die Ufer treten lassen und ganze Provinzen in Seen verwandelt. Since end of July the monsoon rain has made the rivers overflow their banks in large parts of Pakistan and turned whole provinces into lakes.
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verwanzen
to bug (in order to listen secretly)
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verweigern
to refuse to deny
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verweisen
to defer to relegate
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verwelken
to wither; wilt
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verwenden
plural past indicative and subjunctive of verwennen
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verwirklichen
To substantiate; realize To materialize To achieve; fulfil
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verwunden
to wound
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verwuesten
to devastate; ravage
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verzaubern
to enchant; to bewitch
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verzehren
(transitive) to consume (reflexive) to languish
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verzeigen
to report (to bring a charge against)
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verzieren
to garnish; to adorn
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verzinken
to sink away
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verzinnen
to invent; to make up
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veraendern
(transitive) to alter; to change Er veraenderte die Einstellungen. (reflexive) to change Ich habe mich veraendert; aber er bemerkt es nicht.
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veroeffentlichen
to publish
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verueben
to commit; carry out; perpetrate
