verbrennen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verbrennen, from Old High German firbrinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabrinnan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ brennen (“to burn”). Compare English forburn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnən/ === Verb === verbrennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present verbrennt, past tense verbrannte, past participle verbrannt, past subjunctive verbrennte, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive) to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire or flames), to incinerate, to combust [auxiliary haben] (transitive, reflexive, medicine) to burn oneself, to suffer a burning [auxiliary haben] sich den Arm verbrennen ― to burn one's arm (transitive, military) to scorch [auxiliary haben] die Taktik der verbrannten Erde ― the tactic of scorched earth (transitive, reflexive) to burn (to hurt the mouth by an overdose of spices) [auxiliary haben] (intransitive) to be burned [auxiliary sein] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to burn down): abbrennen, niederbrennen ==== Derived terms ==== Verbrennen Verbrenner Verbrennung === Further reading === “verbrennen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “verbrennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verbrennen” in Duden online “verbrennen” in OpenThesaurus.de