dementieren

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French démentir + -ieren.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: de‧men‧tie‧ren

Verb

dementieren (weak, third-person singular present dementiert, past tense dementierte, past participle dementiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to deny (publicly or officially)
    Die Regierung hat den Zeitungsbericht dementiert.The government has denied the newspaper report

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