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German
Etymology
ver- + Geige (“violin”) + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ver‧gei‧gen
Verb
vergeigen (weak, third-person singular present vergeigt, past tense vergeigte, past participle vergeigt, auxiliary haben)
- (informal, transitive) to screw up
- Synonyms: in den Sand setzen, vermasseln, versemmeln
- Er vergeigte die Prüfung ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
2021 December 8, Gareth Joswig, “Innenausschuss-Vorsitz geht an AfD: Schlecht gewählt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Die Ampel hat es vergeigt: Die Fraktionen von SPD, Grünen und FDP im Bundestag hätten verhindern können, dass die AfD den Vorsitzenden des Innenausschusses stellt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) to play the wrong note on the violin
- (rare) to spend time playing violin
Conjugation
Conjugation of
vergeigen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
vergeigen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
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