verplempern
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verplempern (weak, third-person singular present verplempert, past tense verplemperte, past participle verplempert, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial) to squander, waste, fritter away (time or money)
- Synonyms: verschwenden, vergeuden, verpulvern
- (regional, rare) to spill (a liquid)
- Synonym: verschütten
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verplempern | ||||
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present participle | verplempernd | ||||
past participle | verplempert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verplempre ich verplempere ich verplemper |
wir verplempern | i | ich verplempere ich verplempre |
wir verplempern |
du verplemperst | ihr verplempert | du verplemperest du verplemprest |
ihr verplemperet ihr verplempret | ||
er verplempert | sie verplempern | er verplempere er verplempre |
sie verplempern | ||
preterite | ich verplemperte | wir verplemperten | ii | ich verplemperte1 | wir verplemperten1 |
du verplempertest | ihr verplempertet | du verplempertest1 | ihr verplempertet1 | ||
er verplemperte | sie verplemperten | er verplemperte1 | sie verplemperten1 | ||
imperative | verplempre (du) verplemper (du) verplempere (du) |
verplempert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verplempern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verplempern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verplempern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verplempern” in Duden online