verbrechen

Meaning

1. (class-4, humorous, informal, sometimes, strong, transitive) to do (something wrong); to be at fault for
2. (class-4, intransitive, obsolete, strong, transitive) to break (a law, the law); to commit a crime

Concepts

break

commit

do

offend

Synonyms

anfertigen

anstellen

ausfressen

begehen

erstellen

erzeugen

fabrizieren

fertigen

generieren

herstellen

machen

produzieren

verfertigen

anrichten

Translations

cometre

commettre

commettere

fare

combinare

cometer

cometer

işlemek

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

bexiere

Basel-Landschaft

boosge

Basel-Landschaft

verbräche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fərˈbrɛçən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: verbrechen

In summary

From Middle High German verbrechen (“to breach, violate”), from Old High German firbrehhan (“to break, destroy”), from Proto-West Germanic *frabrekan. Equivalent to ver- + brechen. Cognates include Dutch verbreken and English forbreak.