verleppen

Significado (Inglés)

to wither, wilt

Sinónimos

verdorren

verflensen

verwelken

kwijnen

Traducións

wither

welken

fade

verwelken

se faner

soldar

caldear

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Uncertain. Possibilities include:
* lap (“piece of cloth, rag”) + ver- -en (for which compare verflensen, which is possibly influenced by flens (“pancake, cloth”)), referring to the limpness of the leaves of a withered plant;
* ver- + leppen (“to sip, pout one's lips”), a verb derived from lip (“lip”), referring to the limpness of a lower lip.