verschlagen.
to drive, to strand; to shlep; to bring (causing difficulty, often to somewhere someone didn't want to go)
Meaning & usage
to drive, to strand; to shlep; to bring (causing difficulty, often to somewhere someone didn't want to go)
to suddenly take away
jemandem die Sprache verschlagen
jemandem den Atem verschlagen
to lose (one's page in a book)
Jetzt habe ich die Seite verschlagen!
to beat together
to mishit (a ball)
Sie hat den Ball verschlagen
to board up
to beat up, to thrash
to matter
es verschlägt nichts
to matter to matter
to matter to help, be of use, make a difference
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German verslahen, from Old High German firslahan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraslahan. By surface analysis, ver- + schlagen. Cognate with Old English forslēan and Dutch verslaan.
devious
disingenuous, self-serving
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German verslagen, from Old High German firslagan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraslagan.
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