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verwarren.

to tangle

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/vərˈʋɑ.rə(n)/

  1. to tangle

    ergative
    De garen zijn verward geraakt.

  2. to confuse, confound, befuddle

    intransitive · transitive
    Ik verwar altijd de begrippen 'positiviteit' en 'positivisme'.
    Hij was een ridder uit Duinkerke, niet te verwarren met een duin uit Ridderkerk.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch verwerren, derived from werren (“to confuse, be confused”), originally a strong verb. Analysable as war (“disorder”) + ver- -en, but war, Middle Dutch werre, is deverbal. Cognate with German verwirren. Also related with English war.

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