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verwünschen

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German

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Etymology

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ver- +‎ wünschen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈvʏnʃn̩]
  • Hyphenation: ver‧wün‧schen
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

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verwünschen (weak, third-person singular present verwünscht, past tense verwünschte, past participle verwünscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to curse; to damn; to wish evil upon
    Synonyms: verfluchten, verdammen
    jemanden verwünschento curse someone
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 4, in Buddenbrooks [] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 448:
      Hundertmal hatte er den kostspieligen Bau seines neuen Hauses verwünscht, das ihm, so empfand er, nichts als Unheil gebracht hatte.
      A hundred times he had cursed the expensive building of his new house, which he felt had brought him nothing but disaster.
  2. (transitive, archaic) to transform (into something else) by witchcraft; to bewitch
    Synonym: verzaubern

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