verringern

== German == === Etymology === From ver- + archaic ringern (“to make lighter, soften, weaken”), a verbal formation from the same root as gering (“little, low”) (see there for more). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ver‧ring‧ern === Verb === verringern (weak, third-person singular present verringert, past tense verringerte, past participle verringert, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to abate, to reduce, to lessen Synonyms: vermindern, verkleinern ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verringern Verringerung === References === === Further reading === “verringern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verringern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verringern” in Duden online “verringern” in OpenThesaurus.de