zehren

Meaning

  1. (weak) to live on, to feed on
  2. (weak) to undermine, to wear out

Concepts

sap one’s energy

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

zeere

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtseːrən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German zern, zeren, from Old High German zeren, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, partly merged in Middle High German with related Old High German zeran, from Proto-Germanic *teraną. Cognate with Dutch teren and, through *teraną, with English tear (“rip, rend”).

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