verbeißen

== German == === Alternative forms === verbeissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) === Etymology === From Middle High German verbeizen, from Old High German *firbītan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabītan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ beißen. Cognates include Dutch verbijten and English forbite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈbaɪ̯sn̩/ Hyphenation: ver‧bei‧ßen === Verb === verbeißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present verbeißt, past tense verbiss, past participle verbissen, auxiliary haben) to bite the bit (colloquial) to bite back (reflexive, colloquial) to become engrossed, deeply absorbed [with in (+ accusative) ‘something’] (dative reflexive, colloquial) to suppress, to stifle (e.g., a smile, laughter, pain, etc.) [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbeißen, Verbeißer, Verbeißung ==== Related terms ==== verbeißend, verbissen === Further reading === “verbeißen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verbeißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verbeißen” in Duden online