verarmen

Meaning

to impoverish, to pauperize (to become poor)

Concepts

impoverish

become impoverished

become poor

come down

pauperize

go broke

grow poor

become a beggar

be reduced to penury

Synonyms

verelenden

arm machen

herunterkommen

pauperisieren

pleite gehen

bettelarm werden

arm werden

an den Bettelstab bringen

bettelarm machen

verübeln

keinen Lebensunterhalt mehr haben

kein Auskommen mehr haben

ganz herunter gekommen sein

Translations

empobrecer

verarmen

s’appauvrir

impoverirsi

impoverire

empobrecerse

empobrecer

appauvrir

depauperarsi

tot armoede vervallen

diventare povero

immiserirsi

empobrir-se

يفقر

Dialects

St. Gallen

arma taaga

St. Gallen

zù a t kòò

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: verarmen

Inherited from Old High German: firarmen

In summary

From Middle High German verarmen, from Old High German firarmen, firermen. Equivalent to ver- + arm (“poor”) + -en.