verhauen
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See also: Verhauen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German verhouwen, from Old High German firhouwan. Equivalent to ver- + hauen.
Pronunciation
Verb
verhauen (weak or mixed, third-person singular present verhaut, past tense verhaute, past participle verhauen or (Austria) verhaut, auxiliary haben)
- to bash up, trounce
- Synonym: verprügeln
- to miscalculate
- Synonym: verrechnen
- (education) to flunk
Usage notes
The weak participle, verhaut, is attested and is in common use in Austria.
Conjugation
infinitive | verhauen | ||||
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present participle | verhauend | ||||
past participle | verhauen verhaut1 | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verhaue | wir verhauen | i | ich verhaue | wir verhauen |
du verhaust | ihr verhaut | du verhauest | ihr verhauet | ||
er verhaut | sie verhauen | er verhaue | sie verhauen | ||
preterite | ich verhaute | wir verhauten | ii | ich verhaute2 | wir verhauten2 |
du verhautest | ihr verhautet | du verhautest2 | ihr verhautet2 | ||
er verhaute | sie verhauten | er verhaute2 | sie verhauten2 | ||
imperative | verhau (du) verhaue (du) |
verhaut (ihr) |
1Austria.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Austria.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “verhauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verhauen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verhauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verhauen, verprügeln, verrechnen” in Duden online
- “verhauen, untragbar, unmöglich” in Duden online
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