verboten

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From German verboten (forbidden).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: ˌvɜː(ɹ)ˈbəʊ.tən/, SAMPA: /%v3:(r\)"b@U.t@n/

[edit] Adjective

verboten (not comparable)

  1. forbidden, prohibited

[edit] Usage notes

A loanword with connotations of state authoritarianism, derived from a perception of the German Empire under Wilhelm II or Nazi Germany. Contemporary usage may be jocular.


[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fɛɐ̯ˈboːtn̩/, /fɛɐ̯ˈboːtən/

[edit] Adjective

verboten (not comparable)

  1. forbidden, prohibited
    • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 120:
      Für die Massen ist die Nation der Inbegriff alles Mystischen, Imponderabilen, schlechthin Unbegreiflichen – auf diesem Gebiet ist alles erlaubt und kann alles verboten sein, hier wachsen die großen Männer, deren Größe an der Kleinheit der Umstehenden gemessen wird.
      For the masses the nation is the embodiment of all that is mystical, imponderable, plainly incomprehensible – in this area everything is allowed and everything can be forbidden, here the great men grow, whose greatness is measured against the smallness of the bystanders.
  2. banned

[edit] Verb

verboten

  1. Past participle of verbieten.
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