Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch verleiden, verlêden, from Old Dutch *farleiden, *farlēden, from Proto-West Germanic *fralaidijan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ leiden. Cognate with Old Saxon farlēdian, English forlead, German verleiten.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vərˈlɛidə(n)/, /vɛrˈlɛidə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧lei‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Verb edit

verleiden

  1. (transitive) to tempt
  2. (transitive) to seduce

Inflection edit

Inflection of verleiden (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verleiden
past singular verleidde
past participle verleid
infinitive verleiden
gerund verleiden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verleid verleidde
2nd person sing. (jij) verleidt verleidde
2nd person sing. (u) verleidt verleidde
2nd person sing. (gij) verleidt verleidde
3rd person singular verleidt verleidde
plural verleiden verleidden
subjunctive sing.1 verleide verleidde
subjunctive plur.1 verleiden verleidden
imperative sing. verleid
imperative plur.1 verleidt
participles verleidend verleid
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: verlei
  • Negerhollands: verlei, verlej

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

By surface analysis, ver- +‎ leiden.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈlaɪ̯dn̩/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧lei‧den
  • (file)

Verb edit

verleiden (weak, third-person singular present verleidet, past tense verleidete, past participle verleidet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (higher register) to put someone off something, to ruin or spoil something for someone [+dative]
    Synonym: verderben

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit