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vernielen.

to destroy

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to destroy

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vernielen, a verb derived (with the circumfix ver- -en) from the word niel, which appears to have meant "prone", and which derives from Proto-Germanic *nīwalaz (compare Old English neowol). The verb thus originally may have meant "to topple" or "to overthrow".

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