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Etymology edit

Derived around 1900 from ver- +‎ Massel (luck), a loan from Yiddish מזל (mazel, luck, destiny), from Medieval Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl).

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  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈmasəln/
  • (file)

Verb edit

vermasseln (weak, third-person singular present vermasselt, past tense vermasselte, past participle vermasselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) to blow, to screw up, to botch

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