verheddern
German
editEtymology
edit18th century, borrowed from Low German verheddern, derived from Middle Low German hêde (“tow, hards”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā. By surface analysis, ver- + Hede + -ern. The shortened vowel is due to the influence of -er- (as in Mutter and various other words).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editverheddern (weak, third-person singular present verheddert, past tense verhedderte, past participle verheddert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, rare) to entangle something
- Synonyms: verwickeln, verstricken
- (reflexive) to become entangled
- Synonyms: sich verfangen, sich verwickeln, sich verstricken
- (reflexive, figuratively) to get stuck, confused (especially in speech), to get into a muddle
- Synonym: sich verhaspeln
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verheddern | ||||
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present participle | verheddernd | ||||
past participle | verheddert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verheddre ich verheddere ich verhedder |
wir verheddern | i | ich verheddere ich verheddre |
wir verheddern |
du verhedderst | ihr verheddert | du verhedderest du verheddrest |
ihr verhedderet ihr verheddret | ||
er verheddert | sie verheddern | er verheddere er verheddre |
sie verheddern | ||
preterite | ich verhedderte | wir verhedderten | ii | ich verhedderte1 | wir verhedderten1 |
du verheddertest | ihr verheddertet | du verheddertest1 | ihr verheddertet1 | ||
er verhedderte | sie verhedderten | er verhedderte1 | sie verhedderten1 | ||
imperative | verheddre (du) verhedder (du) verheddere (du) |
verheddert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “verheddern” in Duden online
- “verheddern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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