verwarren
Meaning
- (ergative) to tangle
- (intransitive,transitive) to confuse, confound, befuddle
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ver‧war‧ren
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌvɛrˈʋɑ.rə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verwerren, derived from werren (“to confuse, be confused”), originally a strong verb. Analysable as war (“disorder”) + ver- -en, but war, Middle Dutch werre, is deverbal. Cognate with German verwirren. Also related with English war.
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