verleiden

Dutch

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), verlêden, from Old Dutch *farleiden, *farlēden, from Proto-West Germanic *fralaidijan. Equivalent to ver- + leiden. Cognate with Old Saxon farlēdian, English forlead, German verleiten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈlɛidə(n)/, /vɛrˈlɛidə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧lei‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Verb

verleiden

  1. (transitive) to tempt
  2. (transitive) to seduce

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: verlei
  • Negerhollands: verlei, verlej

Anagrams

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, ver- + leiden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈlaɪ̯dn̩/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧lei‧den
  • (file)

Verb

verleiden (weak, third-person singular present verleidet, past tense verleidete, past participle verleidet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (higher register) to put someone off something, to ruin or spoil something for someone [+dative]
    Synonym: verderben

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading

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