German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈzalt͡sən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧sal‧zen

Etymology 1

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ver- +‎ salzen

Verb

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versalzen (weak or mixed, third-person singular present versalzt, past tense versalzte, past participle versalzen or versalzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to put too much salt in
  2. (figuratively) to spoil
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Participle

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versalzen

  1. past participle of versalzen

Adjective

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versalzen (strong nominative masculine singular versalzener, comparative versalzener, superlative am versalzensten)

  1. too salty
Declension
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Further reading

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