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Etymology

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From Middle Low German vorklênen, vorklenen. By surface analysis, för- +‎ klen +‎ -a. Cognate with Danish forkleine, German verkleinern.

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förklena (present förklenar, preterite förklenade, supine förklenat, imperative förklena)

  1. (obsolete) to weaken, to reduce
  2. (dated) to weaken, to worsen
  3. to belittle; to make look week and helpless
    • 2020 July 20, SVT[1]:
      The Lincoln Project har producerat många annonser de senaste månaderna, där Trump förklenas och förlöjligas.
      The Lincoln Project has produced many ads in recent months, in which Trump is made to look weak and ridiculed.

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