vertilgen

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See also: Vertilgen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vertilgen, vertiligen, from Old High German firtīligōn. Equivalent to ver- +‎ tilgen.

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧til‧gen

Verb

vertilgen (weak, third-person singular present vertilgt, past tense vertilgte, past participle vertilgt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to eradicate
    • 1917, Ricarda Huch, Der Fall Deruga [The Deruga Case]‎:
      Dann stellte ich in den beiden Zimmern alles so, wie es vorher gewesen war, ging in die Küche, reinigte das Glas, vertilgte überhaupt jede Spur meiner Anwesenheit und ging fort.
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  2. (transitive, colloquial) to eat up, to gulp down

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Further reading

  • vertilgen” in Duden online
  • vertilgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache