verschmähen
See also: Verschmähen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German versmæhen, from Old High German firsmāhen, derived from Proto-West Germanic *smēhijan (“to sneer at, publicly despise”). Equivalent to ver- + schmähen (“to mock, verbally abuse”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃmɛːən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˈʃmeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧schmä‧hen
Verb
editverschmähen (weak, third-person singular present verschmäht, past tense verschmähte, past participle verschmäht, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verschmähen | ||||
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present participle | verschmähend | ||||
past participle | verschmäht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verschmähe | wir verschmähen | i | ich verschmähe | wir verschmähen |
du verschmähst | ihr verschmäht | du verschmähest | ihr verschmähet | ||
er verschmäht | sie verschmähen | er verschmähe | sie verschmähen | ||
preterite | ich verschmähte | wir verschmähten | ii | ich verschmähte1 | wir verschmähten1 |
du verschmähtest | ihr verschmähtet | du verschmähtest1 | ihr verschmähtet1 | ||
er verschmähte | sie verschmähten | er verschmähte1 | sie verschmähten1 | ||
imperative | verschmäh (du) verschmähe (du) |
verschmäht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “verschmähen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verschmähen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verschmähen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verschmähen” in Duden online
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