verderven

Meaning

to spoil, to ruin, to corrupt

Concepts

deprave

ruin

corrupt

pervert

blight

cut up

debase

debauch

decrease

degrade

demean

demolish

destroy

diminish

discredit

do in

downsize

draw

draw a line

drop

humble

humiliate

lessen

let down

look down

lower

mortify

pull down

reduce

roll out

run down

shrink

streak

wreck

write down

cry down

make a stroke

abase

pull to pieces

abridge

bane

bring down

couch

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Synonyms

ruïneren

te gronde richten

afgeven op

afkammen

aflaten

een streep trekken

herleiden

in discrediet brengen

inkorten

inkrimpen

kleineren

kleinmaken

laten zakken

neerhalen

neerlaten

reduceren

strijken

ten val brengen

trekken

vellen

vereenvoudigen

verlagen

verminderen

vernederen

verootmoedigen

verworden

afbreken

zetten

afdraaien

Translations

verderben

abaisser

umbringen

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abîmer

traçar

demütigen

ratllar

erniedrigen

reglar

herablassen

in Verruf bringen

korrumpieren

niedrigsetzen

reduzieren

entwürdigen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vərˈdɛrvə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: verderven

Inherited from Old Dutch: fardervan

In summary

From Middle Dutch verderven, from Old Dutch fardervan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraderban. Unrelated to derven, but related to bederven.