verblöden

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verbloeden (“to intimidate”). After blöd (“timid”) had changed its meaning to “stupid”, reinterpreted as ver- (prefix indicating completion) +‎ blöd (“foolish, stupid”) +‎ -en (verb suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛa̯ˈbløːdn̩] Hyphenation: ver‧blö‧den === Verb === verblöden (weak, third-person singular present verblödet, past tense verblödete, past participle verblödet, auxiliary sein or haben) (transitive) to cause someone to become dim-witted [auxiliary haben] (intransitive) to lose one's acuity, to become dim-witted [auxiliary sein] Synonym: verdummen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verblöden Verblödung === Further reading === “verblöden” in Duden online “verblöden”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verblöden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon