vertun

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German vertuon, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German fartuon (“to fordo, waste, destroy”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fardōną, *fradōną (“to ruin, destroy”), equivalent to ver- +‎ tun. Cognate with English fordo, Dutch verdoen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈtuːn]
• Hyphenation: ver‧tun

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Verb

1. (reflexive) to make a mistake

Further reading

• “vertun” in Duden online