verbraten

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ braten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaːtn̩/, /fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaːtən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧bra‧ten

Verb

verbraten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present verbrät, past tense verbriet, past participle verbraten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to spoil through too much frying
  2. (transitive, figurative, colloquial) to burn money, to waste
    Synonym: verschwenden
    • 2017 October 8, Hadmut Danisch, “Die seltsame politische Rolle der Fußballmillionäre”, in Danisch.de:
      Generell sind die öffentlich-rechtlichen Sender riesige Geldvernichtungsmaschinen, die enorme Geldsummen verbraten. (Und sicherlich auch Geldwaschanlagen, wie alles, was mit öffentlichen Geldern läuft.)
      The public law broadcasters are generally huge money wasting machines that burn enormous sums of money. (And surely also money laundering machines like all that runs on public money.)
    • 2017 September 18, “Internetausbau auf dem Land”, in r/de:
      [] die meisten Datenmengen verbrät der Durchschnitts-Internetnutzer daheim definitiv nicht für die Arbeit, sondern fürs eigene Amüsement aka Streaming.
      the average internet user wastes the most amount of data (i. e. throughput) at home definitely not for work, but for the own amusement aka streaming.

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Further reading

  • verbraten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verbraten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verbraten” in Duden online