verwesen

Meaning

1. (weak) to decay, to decompose
2. (archaic, weak) to administer, to conduct, to govern, to manage. Refer to the prefix ver- (English for-) + wesen (archaic for to be), meaning to manage things existing in a kingdom.

Concepts

decay

rot

decompose

putrefy

corrode

fuck off

go bad

fester

ferment

spoil

rot away

turn sour

rust away

fall to ruins

die in obscurity

become sour

Synonyms

verfaulen

faulen

vermodern

verfallen

verrotten

verderben

zersetzen

verkommen

zerfallen

vergammeln

sich zersetzen

gammeln

auflösen

herunterkommen

modern

verlottern

verrosten

schlecht werden

teilen

sauer werden

zerlegen

gären

auseinander gehen

in Verfall geraten

in Staub zerfallen

verfaulen lassen

abklingen

Translations

pourrir

verrotten

rotten

vergaan

çürümek

putrefazer

apodrecer

bederven

tābesco

descomponerse

corromperse

pudrir

σαπίζω

pūtesco

pudrirse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛɐ̯ˈveːzn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: verwësen

Inherited from Old High German: *firwësan

Cognate with Old Norse: visinn

Cognate with Old English: weornian

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽

Cognate with Latin: virus

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἰός

Cognate with Sanskrit: विष

In summary

From Middle High German verwësen, Old High German *firwësan (“to come to nothing, pass away, destroy”). Cognate with Old Norse visinn (“faded, decayed”), Old English weornian (“to destroy”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to consume, waste, squander”). Compare Latin virus, Ancient Greek ἰός (iós), Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”).