verspätet

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtət/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˈʃpeːtət/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧spä‧tet

Participle

verspätet

  1. past participle of verspäten

Adjective

verspätet (strong nominative masculine singular verspäteter, not comparable)

  1. belated, late
    Antonym: verfrüht

Declension

Verb

verspätet

  1. inflection of verspäten:
    1. third-person singular present/preterite
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative

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