verplempern
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧plem‧pern
- IPA(key): /fɛʁˈplɛmpəʁn/, [fɛɐ̯ˈplɛmpɐn]
Verb
verplempern (weak, third-person singular present verplempert, past tense verplemperte, past participle verplempert, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial) to squander, waste, fritter away (time or money)
- Synonyms: verschwenden, vergeuden, verpulvern
- (regional, rare) to spill (a liquid)
- Synonym: verschütten
Conjugation
Conjugation of verplempern (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | verplempern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verplempernd | ||||
| past participle | verplempert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verplempre ich verplempere ich verplemper |
wir verplempern | i | ich verplempere ich verplempre |
wir verplempern |
| du verplemperst | ihr verplempert | du verplemperest du verplemprest |
ihr verplemperet ihr verplempret | ||
| er verplempert | sie verplempern | er verplempere er verplempre |
sie verplempern | ||
| preterite | ich verplemperte | wir verplemperten | ii | ich verplemperte1 | wir verplemperten1 |
| du verplempertest | ihr verplempertet | du verplempertest1 | ihr verplempertet1 | ||
| er verplemperte | sie verplemperten | er verplemperte1 | sie verplemperten1 | ||
| imperative | verplempre (du) verplemper (du) verplempere (du) |
verplempert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verplempern (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Verplempern
- Verplemperer
- Verplemperung
- verplempernd
- verplempert
Further reading
- “verplempern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verplempern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verplempern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verplempern” in Duden online