verschärfen

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ schärfen

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧schär‧fen

Verb

verschärfen (weak, third-person singular present verschärft, past tense verschärfte, past participle verschärft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tighten
  2. to aggravate, exacerbate
    das Problem verschärfen.to exacerbate the problem.

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