verhungern

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German verhungern, equivalent to ver- +‎ hungern.

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧hun‧gern

Verb

verhungern (weak, third-person singular present verhungert, past tense verhungerte, past participle verhungert, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive, also figurative) to starve to death

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