verknallen

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Dutch

Etymology

From ver- +‎ knallen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋərˈknɑ.lə(n)/, /ʋɛrˈknɑ.lə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧knal‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɑlən

Verb

verknallen

  1. (transitive) to squander, screw up (one's choices)
  2. to shoot a firework

Conjugation

Conjugation of verknallen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verknallen
past singular verknalde
past participle verknald
infinitive verknallen
gerund verknallen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verknal verknalde
2nd person sing. (jij) verknalt, verknal2 verknalde
2nd person sing. (u) verknalt verknalde
2nd person sing. (gij) verknalt verknalde
3rd person singular verknalt verknalde
plural verknallen verknalden
subjunctive sing.1 verknalle verknalde
subjunctive plur.1 verknallen verknalden
imperative sing. verknal
imperative plur.1 verknalt
participles verknallend verknald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology

ver- +‎ knallen (to bang)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧knal‧len

Verb

verknallen (weak, third-person singular present verknallt, past tense verknallte, past participle verknallt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive, colloquial) to become infatuated, to fall for, to get a crush
    • 1916, Richard Skowronnek, Muttererde, Verlag Ullstein, page 237:
      Da führte der Deuwel dem Karlchen dieses halbfranzösische Fräulein Eberlé in den Weg. Sehen und sich verknallen war eins.
      Then the devil made this half-French Miss Eberlé cross paths with little Karl. Seeing and falling for her was one thing.
  2. (transitive, colloquial, of ammunition or explosives) to squander
    • 1912, Walther Kabel, Teilnehmer gesucht!, in: Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, year 2012, volume 1, page 214:
      Diese „schneidige“ Truppe nahm dann auch – natürlich aus sicherer Entfernung – an mehreren Gefechten teil, wobei die „schießfertigen“ Herren Gelegenheit fanden, eine Unzahl Patronen auf den Gegner zu verknallen, ohne ihre eigene wertvolle Haut dabei allzusehr bloßzustellen.
      This "dashing" squad then also participated in multiple combats – of course from a safe distance – in which the gentlemen with "shooting skills" found an opportunity to squander a myriad of rounds onto the enemy, without exposing their own valuable skin all too much in the process.

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