verrohen

German

Etymology

ver- +‎ roh +‎ -en. Compare Swedish förråa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʁoːən/
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Verb

verrohen (weak, third-person singular present verroht, past tense verrohte, past participle verroht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to brutalize
  2. to become increasingly brutal and violent
  3. to become increasingly intellectually and morally rough and brutish

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Verrohung

Further reading

  • verrohen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verrohen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verrohen” in Duden online
  • verrohen” in OpenThesaurus.de