vervelen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to annoy, to pester
  2. (transitive) to bore; inspire boredom in somebody
  3. (reflexive) to be bored

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ver‧ve‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vərˈveː.lə(n)/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch vervelen (“to become or seem to be too much”), equivalent to veel + ver- -en.

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