versumpern
German
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editVerb
editversumpern (weak, third-person singular present versumpert, past tense versumperte, past participle versumpert, auxiliary sein)
- (Austria, intransitive) to stay out late in a bar, pub, and similar places, or a social gathering, often accompanied by boozing
- Synonyms: versacken, vergammeln, versumpfen
- (Austria, intransitive) to become (mentally) lethargic, sluggish
- (Austria, intransitive) to go to seed, to become neglected
- Synonyms: verkommen, verlottern, verwahrlosen
Conjugation
editinfinitive | versumpern | ||||
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present participle | versumpernd | ||||
past participle | versumpert | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich versumpre ich versumpere ich versumper |
wir versumpern | i | ich versumpere ich versumpre |
wir versumpern |
du versumperst | ihr versumpert | du versumperest du versumprest |
ihr versumperet ihr versumpret | ||
er versumpert | sie versumpern | er versumpere er versumpre |
sie versumpern | ||
preterite | ich versumperte | wir versumperten | ii | ich versumperte1 | wir versumperten1 |
du versumpertest | ihr versumpertet | du versumpertest1 | ihr versumpertet1 | ||
er versumperte | sie versumperten | er versumperte1 | sie versumperten1 | ||
imperative | versumpre (du) versumper (du) versumpere (du) |
versumpert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
edit- “versumpern” in Duden online
- “versumpern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “versumpern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “versumpern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.