zehren

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zern, zeren, from Old High German zeren, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, partly merged in Middle High German with related Old High German zeran, from Proto-Germanic *teraną. Cognate with Dutch teren and, through *teraną, with English tear (“rip, rend”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtseːrən/, [ˈt͡seːʁən], [ˈt͡seː.ɐn], [t͡seːɐ̯n], [t͡sɛɐ̯n]
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  • Hyphenation: zeh‧ren
  • Homophone: zerren (some speakers)

Verb

zehren (weak, third-person singular present zehrt, past tense zehrte, past participle gezehrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to live on, to feed on (+ von)
  2. to undermine, to wear out (+ an)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “zehren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “zehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “zehren” in Duden online
  • “zehren” in OpenThesaurus.de
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