verwunden
Meaning
- (often,weak) to wound (hurt by piercing the skin, especially with a weapon)
- (figuratively,poetic,weak) to wound (cause extreme emotional pain)
Frequency
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
- to get over, to cope with, to overcome (a loss, trauma, etc.)
- to overcome, to defeat
- to twist out of shape, to warp
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