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ahnden.

to punish something (the object is always the deed, never the perpetrator)

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Meaning & usage

verb/aːndən/
  1. to punish something (the object is always the deed, never the perpetrator)

    transitive · weak
    Dieser Verstoß muss geahndet werden.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German anden, from Old High German antōn (“to get excited, be eager, be hotheaded, blame, avenge, punish”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadōn. Cognates include Old English andian (“to be envious”). The lengthening of the vowel is irregular; compare fahnden.

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