verzinsen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German verzinsen.[1] By surface analysis, ver- +‎ zinsen or Zins +‎ ver- -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

verzinsen (weak, third-person singular present verzinst, past tense verzinste, past participle verzinst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to pay interest for
  2. (reflexive) to earn, yield interest

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References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “verzinsen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • verzinsen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verzinsen” in Duden online
  • verzinsen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon