verleppen

Meaning

to wither, wilt

Concepts

wither

fade

Synonyms

verdorren

verflensen

verwelken

kwijnen

Translations

verwelken

welken

se faner

soldar

caldear

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:
* lap (“piece of cloth, rag”) + ver- -en (for which compare verflensen, which is possibly influenced by flens (“pancake, cloth”)), referring to the limpness of the leaves of a withered plant;
* ver- + leppen (“to sip, pout one's lips”), a verb derived from lip (“lip”), referring to the limpness of a lower lip.