verwahrlosen
German
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German verwarlōsen (from which was borrowed Dutch verwaarlozen), synchronically analyzed as ver- (“for-”) + Old High German wara (“attention”) + -los (“-less”) + -en (“verbal suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈvaːa̯ˌloːzn̩]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧wahr‧lo‧sen
Verb
verwahrlosen (weak, third-person singular present verwahrlost, past tense verwahrloste, past participle verwahrlost, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to become neglected
Conjugation
Conjugation of verwahrlosen (weak, auxiliary sein)
| infinitive | verwahrlosen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verwahrlosend | ||||
| past participle | verwahrlost | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verwahrlose | wir verwahrlosen | i | ich verwahrlose | wir verwahrlosen |
| du verwahrlost | ihr verwahrlost | du verwahrlosest | ihr verwahrloset | ||
| er verwahrlost | sie verwahrlosen | er verwahrlose | sie verwahrlosen | ||
| preterite | ich verwahrloste | wir verwahrlosten | ii | ich verwahrloste1 | wir verwahrlosten1 |
| du verwahrlostest | ihr verwahrlostet | du verwahrlostest1 | ihr verwahrlostet1 | ||
| er verwahrloste | sie verwahrlosten | er verwahrloste1 | sie verwahrlosten1 | ||
| imperative | verwahrlos (du) verwahrlose (du) |
verwahrlost (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verwahrlosen (weak, auxiliary sein)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “verwahrlosen” in Duden online
- “verwahrlosen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache