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vertun
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German vertuon, from Old High German fartuon, firtuon (“to fordo, waste, destroy”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradōn, from Proto-Germanic *fardōną, *fradōną (“to ruin, destroy”). Equivalent to ver- + tun. Cognate with English fordo, Dutch verdoen.
Pronunciation
Verb
vertun (irregular, third-person singular present vertut, past tense vertat, past participle vertan, past subjunctive vertäte, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “vertun” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vertun” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “vertun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vertun” in Duden online
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