verdrehen

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German

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Etymology

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ver- +‎ drehen. Compare English forthrow.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈdʁeːən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧dre‧hen

Verb

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verdrehen (weak, third-person singular present verdreht, past tense verdrehte, past participle verdreht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to twist, to turn, to wrest, to distort, to misrepresent

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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