verdauen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German verdouwen, verdöuwen, from Old High German firthouwen, firdouwen, firthewen, firdewen. Equivalent to ver- + tauen (“to thaw”), thus originally "to make melt away".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ferˈdaʊ̯ən/, [fɐˈdaʊ̯.ən], [fɛɐ̯-], [-ˈdaʊ̯.n̩], [-ˈdaʊ̯n]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧dau‧en
Verb
verdauen (weak, third-person singular present verdaut, past tense verdaute, past participle verdaut, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to digest (separate food in the alimentary canal)
- (transitive, informal) to process (a piece of news etc.), to accept, get over
Conjugation
Conjugation of verdauen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | verdauen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verdauend | ||||
| past participle | verdaut | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verdaue | wir verdauen | i | ich verdaue | wir verdauen |
| du verdaust | ihr verdaut | du verdauest | ihr verdauet | ||
| er verdaut | sie verdauen | er verdaue | sie verdauen | ||
| preterite | ich verdaute | wir verdauten | ii | ich verdaute1 | wir verdauten1 |
| du verdautest | ihr verdautet | du verdautest1 | ihr verdautet1 | ||
| er verdaute | sie verdauten | er verdaute1 | sie verdauten1 | ||
| imperative | verdau (du) verdaue (du) |
verdaut (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verdauen (weak, auxiliary haben)