Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋerːɑten/, [ˈʋe̞rːɑ̝t̪e̞n]
  • Rhymes: -erːɑten
  • Syllabification(key): ver‧ra‧ten

Adverb

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verraten (not comparable)

  1. comparably, relatively
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:melko

Verb

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verraten

  1. instructive of second active infinitive of verrata

Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German verrāten, from Old High German firrātan, from Proto-West Germanic *frarādan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ raten. Cognate to Dutch verraden.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈʁaːtn̩], [fɛɐ̯ˈʁaːtən]
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧ra‧ten
  • Rhymes: -aːtn̩

Verb

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verraten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present verrät, past tense verriet, past participle verraten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to betray, to be disloyal to
    Deine sogenannten Freunde haben dich verraten.
    Your so-called friends have betrayed you.
    Wir können das nicht tun, ohne unsere Ideale zu verraten.
    We can't do that without betraying our ideals.
  2. (ditransitive) to reveal (something secret)
    Er hat mir das Geheimnis verraten.
    He revealed the secret to me.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • verraten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verraten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verraten” in Duden online
  • verraten” in OpenThesaurus.de