verpetzen
Meaning
to tattle on, to tell on, to snitch on
Synonyms
ein Geständnis ablegen
seinen Fehler eingestehen
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
verdääfele
Basel-Landschaft
verrätsche
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
[fɛɐ̯ˈpɛt͡sn̩]
Etymology
ver- + petzen, since the end of the 18th century.
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