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German
Etymology
ver- + wichsen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ver‧wich‧sen
Verb
verwichsen (weak, third-person singular present verwichst, past tense verwichste, past participle verwichst, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic) to fill with wax (Wachs) or polish (Wichse)
1796, Johann Riem, Neue Sammlung vermischter ökonomischer Schriften, und Beendigung der Bienen-Bibliothek. Neunter Theil, Dresden: Walther’sche Hofbuchhandlung, page 271:Wahr, daß die Bienen auch noch so fein gearbeitete Rahmen bei den feinen Ritzen verwichsten, und dadurch die Absonderung erschwerten.- True that the bees waxed however finely worked frames at the fine crannies and thereby made separation harder.
- (dated, Bavaria) to beat up, to lambaste
- (dated, Bavaria) to splurge, to squander
- Synonyms: urassen, verlaborieren, verschwenden, verprassen, vergeuden, verjubeln, verbraten, vertun
Conjugation
Conjugation of
verwichsen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
verwichsen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
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