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German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German verknusen (literally “to digest”).
Pronunciation
Verb
verknusen (weak, third-person singular present verknust, past tense verknuste, past participle verknust, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, chiefly Northern Germany, in the negative) to dislike; to not tolerate
Den neuen Direktor auf der Schule kann ich doch gar nicht verknusen!- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
2006, Jörg Blech, “Glücklicher ohne Gott”, in Der Spiegel, number 43:Mit Gottes Beistand hat Bush sein Land nicht nur in einen verlorenen Krieg gegen den Irak geführt. Auch der in der Welt aufblühende Anti-Amerikanismus ist zu einem Gutteil darauf zurückzuführen, dass viele die Unbelehrbarkeit des nach eigener Einschätzung "wiedergeborenen Christen" nicht mehr verknusen können.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
verknusen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
verknusen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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