verzehren
See also: Verzehren
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German verzeren, verzern, vorzern, ferzeren, ferzern, forzern, from Old High German firzeran (“to tear up, consume”), from Proto-West Germanic *frateran (“to tear up, tear to shreds”), equivalent to ver- + zehren. Cognate with Middle Low German vörtēren (modern German Low German vertehren), Dutch verteren (“to consume, devour”), English fortear (“to tear up”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editverzehren (weak, third-person singular present verzehrt, past tense verzehrte, past participle verzehrt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to consume
- (reflexive) to languish
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verzehren | ||||
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present participle | verzehrend | ||||
past participle | verzehrt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verzehre | wir verzehren | i | ich verzehre | wir verzehren |
du verzehrst | ihr verzehrt | du verzehrest | ihr verzehret | ||
er verzehrt | sie verzehren | er verzehre | sie verzehren | ||
preterite | ich verzehrte | wir verzehrten | ii | ich verzehrte1 | wir verzehrten1 |
du verzehrtest | ihr verzehrtet | du verzehrtest1 | ihr verzehrtet1 | ||
er verzehrte | sie verzehrten | er verzehrte1 | sie verzehrten1 | ||
imperative | verzehr (du) verzehre (du) |
verzehrt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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