verwunden

Meaning

  1. (often,weak) to wound (hurt by piercing the skin, especially with a weapon)
  2. (figuratively,poetic,weak) to wound (cause extreme emotional pain)

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
ver‧wun‧den
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fərˈvʊn.dən/
Etymology

From Middle High German verwunden, from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *frawundōn. The simplex was in use until Middle High German as wunden. Cognates include Dutch verwonden, English forwound, Old Saxon farwundon.

New
verwinden

  1. to get over, to cope with, to overcome (a loss, trauma, etc.)
  2. to overcome, to defeat
  3. to twist out of shape, to warp

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