verbaseln.
to lose or forget something out of carelessness or forgetfulness
Meaning & usage
to lose or forget something out of carelessness or forgetfulness
Ich hab den Termin total verbaselt.
Mein Sohn verbaselt immer seine Jacke.
to carelessly ruin something; to make a careless mistake
Ich geb’s ja zu: ich hab’s verbaselt.
to carelessly miss a chance (e.g. for a goal)
Wer so viel Chancen verbaselt, hat nicht verdient zu gewinnen.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Low German verbaseln (chiefly reflexively “to lose one’s way”, but also as in Standard German), an iterative-diminutive of verbasen (“to baffle, confound”), from Middle Low German vorbāsen. Cognate with Dutch verbazen, Norwegian forbause, etc.
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