German

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Etymology

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ver- +‎ kochen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈkɔχən/, [fɛɐ̯ˈkɔχŋ̩]
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧ko‧chen

Verb

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verkochen (weak, third-person singular present verkocht, past tense verkochte, past participle verkocht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to vaporize, to forwall
  2. (transitive) to cook something into another thing or into a different form
  3. (transitive) to spoil through too much boiling
  4. (transitive, archaic) to digest (compare Latin concoquō)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • verkochen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verkochen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verkochen” in Duden online