verfechten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verfehten, from Old High German firfechtan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ fechten. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈfɛçtn̩] Hyphenation: ver‧fech‧ten === Verb === verfechten (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verficht, past tense verfocht, past participle verfochten, past subjunctive verföchte, auxiliary haben) to advocate, to defend, to champion ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “verfechten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verfechten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “verfechten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “verfechten” in Duden online