verleiten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verleiten, from Old High German firleiten, from Proto-West Germanic *fralaidijan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ leiten. Cognate with Dutch verleiden, Old Saxon farlēdian, English forlead. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fərˈlaɪ̯tən/, /fɛr-/, [fɐˈlaɪ̯.tn̩], [fɛɐ̯-], [-tən] === Verb === verleiten (weak, third-person singular present verleitet, past tense verleitete, past participle verleitet, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to cause someone to do something detrimental, risky or imprudent, to incite (transitive, dated) to entice, seduce, lead astray, mislead Synonyms: verführen, irreführen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verleiter, Verleitung ==== Related terms ==== Verleiten verleitend, verleitet begleiten, geleiten === Further reading === “verleiten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verleiten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “verleiten” in Duden online “verleiten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon