verzehren
Meaning
- (transitive, weak) to consume
- (reflexive, weak) to languish
Synonyms
für das Essen ausgeben
Nahrung aufnehmen
zu Füßen liegen
wegputzen
jemand lebt nur noch für
vollkommen aufbrauchen
höchste Bewunderung zollen
anschmachten
schwärmerisch bewundern
Ein und Alles
zu Gemüte führen
in sich hinein schaufeln
Translations
consommer
verbruiken
consumir
consumir
consumare
consumir
أكلFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈtseːʁən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German verzeren, verzern, vorzern, ferzeren, ferzern, forzern, from Old High German firzeran (“to tear up, consume”), from Proto-West Germanic *frateran (“to tear up, tear to shreds”), equivalent to ver- + zehren. Cognate with Middle Low German vörtēren (modern German Low German vertehren), Dutch verteren (“to consume, devour”), English fortear (“to tear up”).
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