verwerfen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German verwerfen, from Old High German firwerfan, from Proto-West Germanic *frawerpan, from Proto-Germanic *frawerpaną. Equivalent to ver- +‎ werfen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈvɛrfən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧wer‧fen

Verb

verwerfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verwirft, past tense verwarf, past participle verworfen, past subjunctive verwürfe, auxiliary haben)

  1. to discard, reject, scrap
  2. to condemn
  3. to abolish

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Further reading

  • verwerfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verwerfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verwerfen” in Duden online
  • verwerfen” in OpenThesaurus.de