verbaseln

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Low German verbaseln (chiefly reflexively “to lose one’s way”, but also as in Standard German), an iterative-diminutive of verbasen (“to baffle, confound”), from Middle Low German vorbāsen. Cognate with Dutch verbazen, Norwegian forbause, etc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ferˈbaːzəln/, [fɐˈbaː.zl̩n], [fɛɐ̯-] Hyphenation: ver‧ba‧seln === Verb === verbaseln (weak, third-person singular present verbaselt, past tense verbaselte, past participle verbaselt, auxiliary haben) (transitive, informal) to lose or forget something out of carelessness or forgetfulness Synonyms: vergessen, verlieren, verbummeln Ich hab den Termin total verbaselt. ― I completely forgot the appointment. Mein Sohn verbaselt immer seine Jacke. ― My son always loses his jacket. (with es) to carelessly ruin something; to make a careless mistake Ich geb’s ja zu: ich hab’s verbaselt. ― So I admit it: it was my fault. (sports) to carelessly miss a chance (e.g. for a goal) Synonyms: vergeben, verdaddeln ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “verbaseln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “verbaseln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verbaseln” in Duden online “verbaseln” in OpenThesaurus.de