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verderben.

to deprive (someone) of (something); to rob (someone) of (some feeling)

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Meaning & usage

verb/fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbən/
  1. to deprive (someone) of (something); to rob (someone) of (some feeling)

    class-3 · strong · transitive
  2. to ruin; to render (something) useless; to corrupt; to spoil

    class-3 · strong · transitive
  3. to spoil; to rot; to perish

    class-3 · intransitive · strong · usually
  4. to be offensive; to live sinfully

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
Where this word comes from

From a merger of Middle High German verderben (“to perish, die”) (strong verb) and verderben (“bring ruin to, kill, damage”) (weak verb); compare Middle Low German vordërven, Old Frisian forderva with the same senses. The former is from Old High German *farderban, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fraderban, which is in turn from Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to perish”).

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