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German
Etymology
ver- + Galle + -en
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ver‧gäl‧len
Verb
vergällen (weak, third-person singular present vergällt, past tense vergällte, past participle vergällt, auxiliary haben)
- (figurative) to spoil
- Synonym: verderben
1919, Franz Kafka, “Elf Söhne”, in Ein Landarzt:Er ist wie einer, der bewundernswert abspringt, schwalbengleich die Luft teilt, dann aber doch trostlos im öden Staube endet, ein Nichts. Solche Gedanken vergällen mir den Anblick dieses Kindes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to denature (to add something to a substance to make it unsuitable for consumption)
- Synonym: denaturieren
- vergällter Alkohol ― denatured alcohol
Conjugation
Conjugation of
vergällen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
vergällen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
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