vermasseln
German
Etymology
Derived around 1900 from ver- + Massel (“luck”), a loan from Yiddish מזל (mazel, “luck, destiny”), from medieval Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl).
Pronunciation
Verb
vermasseln (weak, third-person singular present vermasselt, past tense vermasselte, past participle vermasselt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, transitive) to blow, to screw up, to botch
Conjugation
infinitive | vermasseln | ||||
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present participle | vermasselnd | ||||
past participle | vermasselt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich vermassle ich vermassele ich vermassel |
wir vermasseln | i | ich vermassele ich vermassle |
wir vermasseln |
du vermasselst | ihr vermasselt | du vermasselest du vermasslest |
ihr vermasselet ihr vermasslet | ||
er vermasselt | sie vermasseln | er vermassele er vermassle |
sie vermasseln | ||
preterite | ich vermasselte | wir vermasselten | ii | ich vermasselte1 | wir vermasselten1 |
du vermasseltest | ihr vermasseltet | du vermasseltest1 | ihr vermasseltet1 | ||
er vermasselte | sie vermasselten | er vermasselte1 | sie vermasselten1 | ||
imperative | vermassle (du) vermassel (du) vermassele (du) |
vermasselt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “vermasseln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vermasseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vermasseln” in Duden online
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