vertilgen
Meaning
- (literary, transitive, weak) to eradicate, to destroy, to erase (mainly of pests, weeds, traces)
- (transitive, weak) to consume, to eat (of animals, often to describe eating habits)
- (colloquial, transitive, weak) to eat up, to gobble up (to consume completely and with relish, often implying a degree of excess)
Concepts
extirpate
Synonyms
hinunterschlingen
wegputzen
Ende machen
aussterben lassen
völlig vernichten
für null und nichtig erklären
nichtig machen
Translations
uitroeien
exterminar
exterminer
exterminar
yok etmek
sterminareDialects
Basel-Landschaft
belze
Basel-Landschaft
boodige
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
[fɛɐ̯ˈtɪlɡn̩]
Etymology
From Middle High German vertilgen, vertiligen, from Old High German firtīligōn. Equivalent to ver- + tilgen.
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