verantworten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verantwürten, verantworten, equivalent to ver- +‎ antworten. Cognate of Yiddish פֿאַרענטפֿערן (farentfern), Dutch verantwoorden, Afrikaans verantwoord, Luxembourgish veräntweren, West Frisian ferantwurdzje, Saterland Frisian feroantwoudje and Middle Low German vorantworden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛʁˈʔantvɔʁtən/ Hyphenation: ver‧ant‧wor‧ten === Verb === verantworten (weak, third-person singular present verantwortet, past tense verantwortete, past participle verantwortet, auxiliary haben) to take responsibility (for) (transitive, obsolete) to answer, reply to something [to 19th c.] Synonym: beantworten ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verantworten Verantwortung === Further reading === “verantworten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verantworten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verantworten” in Duden online “verantworten” in OpenThesaurus.de