Dutch

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Etymology

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From ver- +‎ achten.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vərˈɑxtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑxtən

Verb

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verachten

  1. to scorn, to despise, to abominate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of verachten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verachten
past singular verachtte
past participle veracht
infinitive verachten
gerund verachten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular veracht verachtte
2nd person sing. (jij) veracht verachtte
2nd person sing. (u) veracht verachtte
2nd person sing. (gij) veracht verachtte
3rd person singular veracht verachtte
plural verachten verachtten
subjunctive sing.1 verachte verachtte
subjunctive plur.1 verachten verachtten
imperative sing. veracht
imperative plur.1 veracht
participles verachtend veracht
1) Archaic.

Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: veracht, veragt

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German verahten. Equivalent to ver- +‎ achten.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈaχtən/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧ach‧ten
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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verachten (weak, third-person singular present verachtet, past tense verachtete, past participle verachtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to despise, to scorn

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • verachten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verachten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verachten” in Duden online
  • verachten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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