versäumen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German versūmen, from Old High German firsūmen. By surface analysis, ver- +‎ säumen. Compare Dutch verzuimen, Danish forsømme.

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧säu‧men

Verb

versäumen (weak, third-person singular present versäumt, past tense versäumte, past participle versäumt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to miss, to omit, to fail to do something important
    Du hast die Frist versäumt.
    You have missed the deadline.

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