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German
Etymology
ver- + üben
Pronunciation
Verb
verüben (weak, third-person singular present verübt, past tense verübte, past participle verübt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to commit, carry out, perpetrate
- Synonym: begehen
Die Polizei fasste den Täter, bevor er weitere Verbrechen verüben konnte.- The police caught the perpetrator before he could commit any more crimes.
Die Terroristen, die den Anschlag verübt haben, sind noch immer auf der Flucht.- The terrorists who carried out the attack are still on the run.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
verüben (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
verüben (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “verüben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verüben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verüben” in Duden online
- “verüben” in OpenThesaurus.de