verderf

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verderf; a deverbal from verderven.

Pronunciation

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Noun

verderf n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. ruination, perdition

   dood en verderf zaaien ― to wreak death and destruction (literally, “to sow death and ruination”)

Related terms

• verderven