verhunzen

== German == === Etymology === From hunzen (“treat like a dog”), from Hund (“dog”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈhʊnt͡sn̩] Hyphenation: ver‧hun‧zen === Verb === verhunzen (weak, third-person singular present verhunzt, past tense verhunzte, past participle verhunzt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to botch up, to ruin (to destroy or make unpleasant through carelessness or incompetence, especially of media and art) Synonym: verunstalten ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verhunzen Verhunzer Verhunzung === Further reading === “verhunzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verhunzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verhunzen” in Duden online