verloochenen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to disavow
  2. (transitive) to deny, to block out (e.g. the possibility of something occurring)

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɛrˈloː.xə.nə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch verlogenen, verloochenen, verloghenen. Equivalent to ver- + loochenen.

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