vernichten

Meaning

  1. (weak) to destroy; to ruin; to wreck
  2. (weak) to annihilate; to benothing; to eradicate; to extinguish (to make dying out or nothing)

Opposite of
bauen, erzeugen
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German vernihten, from nihten, from niht. See nicht.

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