verwesen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German verwësen, Old High German *firwësan (“to come to nothing, pass away, destroy”). Cognate with Old Norse visinn (“faded, decayed”), Old English weornian (“to destroy”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to consume, waste, squander”). Compare Latin virus, Ancient Greek ἰός (iós), Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
verwesen (weak, third-person singular present verwest, past tense verweste, past participle verwest, auxiliary sein)
- to decay
- to decompose
- (archaic) to administer, to conduct, to govern, to manage. Refer to the prefix ver- (English for-) + wesen (archaic for to be), meaning to manage things existing in a kingdom.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | verwesen | ||||
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present participle | verwesend | ||||
past participle | verwest | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verwese | wir verwesen | i | ich verwese | wir verwesen |
du verwest | ihr verwest | du verwesest | ihr verweset | ||
er verwest | sie verwesen | er verwese | sie verwesen | ||
preterite | ich verweste | wir verwesten | ii | ich verweste1 | wir verwesten1 |
du verwestest | ihr verwestet | du verwestest1 | ihr verwestet1 | ||
er verweste | sie verwesten | er verweste1 | sie verwesten1 | ||
imperative | verwes (du) verwese (du) |
verwest (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “verwesen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891