verwesen

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (weak) to decay, to decompose
2. (archaic, weak) to administer, to conduct, to govern, to manage. Refer to the prefix ver- (English for-) + wesen (archaic for to be), meaning to manage things existing in a kingdom.

Sinonieme

verfaulen

faulen

vermodern

verfallen

verrotten

verderben

zersetzen

verkommen

zerfallen

vergammeln

sich zersetzen

gammeln

auflösen

herunterkommen

modern

verlottern

verrosten

schlecht werden

teilen

sauer werden

zerlegen

gären

auseinander gehen

in Verfall geraten

in Staub zerfallen

verfaulen lassen

abklingen

Vertalings

decay

pourrir

verrotten

rot

rotten

decompose

vergaan

çürümek

putrefazer

bederven

apodrecer

pūtesco

corromperse

tābesco

σαπίζω

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɛɐ̯ˈveːzn̩/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: verwësen

Geërf van Old High German: *firwësan

Verwante met Old Norse: visinn

Verwante met Old English: weornian

Verwante met Goties: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽

Verwante met Latyn: virus

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ἰός

Verwante met Sanskrit: विष

In summary

From Middle High German verwësen, Old High German *firwësan (“to come to nothing, pass away, destroy”). Cognate with Old Norse visinn (“faded, decayed”), Old English weornian (“to destroy”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to consume, waste, squander”). Compare Latin virus, Ancient Greek ἰός (iós), Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”).