verziehen

From Middle High German verziehen, from Old High German farziohan, from Proto-West Germanic *frateuhan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ ziehen.

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁˈt͡siːən/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧zie‧hen

ver- +‎ ziehen

verziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present verzieht, past tense verzog, past participle verzogen, past subjunctive verzöge, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to warp, distort

   Synonym: verzerren

2. (reflexive) to become warped, distorted

   Synonym: sich verzerren

3. (reflexive) to thin out, disappear

   Synonyms: verschwinden, vergehen, sich auflösen

4. (reflexive, colloquial, somewhat rude in imperative) to clear off, scram, get lost

   Synonyms: abhauen, sich verpissen, verduften

5. (transitive) to spoil (ruin the character of by overindulgence, coddle or pamper to excess)

   Synonym: verwöhnen

6. (dated) to hesitate (to do something)
7. (transitive) to thin (seedlings, plants etc. so the remaining ones have space to grow)

verziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present verzieht, past tense verzog, past participle verzogen, past subjunctive verzöge, auxiliary sein)

1. (intransitive) to move, to move away (to change residence)

   Synonyms: umziehen, umsiedeln, übersiedeln

If used in colloquial speech it is almost exclusively used in the perfect tense (e.g. Wir sind vor zwei Wochen verzogen; compare the phrase unbekannt verzogen). Usage in the other tenses (e.g. Wir verziehen in zwei Wochen) is rather unusual in colloquial speech and umziehen or übersiedeln is used instead (e.g. Wir ziehen in zwei Wochen um).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verziehen

1. inflection of verzeihen:
   1. first/third-person plural preterite
   2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II
   3. past participle

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