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verdauen.

to digest (separate food in the alimentary canal)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ferˈdaʊ̯ən/[fɐˈdaʊ̯.ən][fɛɐ̯-][-ˈdaʊ̯.n̩]
  1. to digest (separate food in the alimentary canal)

    transitive · weak
  2. to process (a piece of news etc.), to accept, get over

    informal · transitive · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German verdouwen, verdöuwen, from Old High German firthouwen, firdouwen, firthewen, firdewen. Equivalent to ver- + tauen (“to thaw”), thus originally "to make melt away".

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