verpönen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German verpēnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈpøːnən/
- Hyphenation: ver‧pö‧nen
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Verb
verpönen (weak, third-person singular present verpönt, past tense verpönte, past participle verpönt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, dated) to frown upon, to disapprove
- Synonyms: missbilligen, ächten, äußerst geringschätzen, verschmähen
Conjugation
Conjugation of verpönen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | verpönen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verpönend | ||||
| past participle | verpönt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verpöne | wir verpönen | i | ich verpöne | wir verpönen |
| du verpönst | ihr verpönt | du verpönest | ihr verpönet | ||
| er verpönt | sie verpönen | er verpöne | sie verpönen | ||
| preterite | ich verpönte | wir verpönten | ii | ich verpönte1 | wir verpönten1 |
| du verpöntest | ihr verpöntet | du verpöntest1 | ihr verpöntet1 | ||
| er verpönte | sie verpönten | er verpönte1 | sie verpönten1 | ||
| imperative | verpön (du) verpöne (du) |
verpönt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verpönen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “verpönen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verpönen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verpönen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verpönen” in Duden online