verblöden

From Middle High German verbloeden (“to intimidate”). After blöd (“timid”) had changed its meaning to “stupid”, reinterpreted as ver- (prefix indicating completion) +‎ blöd (“foolish, stupid”) +‎ -en (verb suffix).

• IPA^(key): [fɛa̯ˈbløːdn̩]

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• Hyphenation: ver‧blö‧den

verblöden (weak, third-person singular present verblödet, past tense verblödete, past participle verblödet, auxiliary sein or haben)

1. (transitive) to cause someone to become dim-witted [auxiliary haben]
2. (intransitive) to lose one's acuity, to become dim-witted [auxiliary sein]

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