verbreiten
Meaning
- (transitive,weak) to put about, spread, circulate, disseminate sth.
- (reflexive,weak) to spread, circulate, go around
- (reflexive,weak) to expound (of a person) (to make a statement at length about something)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ver‧brei‧ten
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaɪ̯.tn̩/
Etymology
ver- + breit (“broad”) + -en; cognate with Luxembourgish verbreeden
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Sentences
Die Krankheit darf sich auch nicht 🚫 versehentlich durch verunreinigte Futtermittel verbreiten .
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The disease must not be allowed to spread by accident as a result of contaminated feed.