verraten
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Pronunciation
Adverb
verraten (not comparable)
- comparably, relatively
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:melko
Verb
verraten
- instructive of second active infinitive of verrata
Further reading
- “verraten”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Etymology
From Middle High German verrāten, from Old High German firrātan, from Proto-West Germanic *frarādan. Equivalent to ver- + raten. Cognate to Dutch verraden.
Pronunciation
Verb
verraten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present verrät, past tense verriet, past participle verraten, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to betray, to be disloyal to
- Deine sogenannten Freunde haben dich verraten.
- Your so-called friends have betrayed you.
- Wir können das nicht tun, ohne unsere Ideale zu verraten.
- We can't do that without betraying our ideals.
- (ditransitive) to reveal (something secret)
- Er hat mir das Geheimnis verraten.
- He revealed the secret to me.
Conjugation
| infinitive | verraten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | verratend | ||||
| past participle | verraten | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich verrate | wir verraten | i | ich verrate | wir verraten |
| du verrätst | ihr verratet | du verratest | ihr verratet | ||
| er verrät | sie verraten | er verrate | sie verraten | ||
| preterite | ich verriet | wir verrieten | ii | ich verriete1 | wir verrieten1 |
| du verrietest du verrietst |
ihr verrietet | du verrietest1 | ihr verrietet1 | ||
| er verriet | sie verrieten | er verriete1 | sie verrieten1 | ||
| imperative | verrat (du) verrate (du) |
verratet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Verräter, Verräterin, Verräterei, Verratung
- verräterisch
Related terms
Further reading
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