verteidigen

== German == === Alternative forms === vertheidigen (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German verteidingen, from vertagedingen, derived from teidinc, tagedinc (originally "judgment", then "talk, chatter", so Narrenteiding (“foolish chatter”)) of tac (“day”) and ding (“negotiation”). By surface analysis, ver- +‎ Tag +‎ Ding +‎ -en. The term developed semantically from "court day with negotiations" > "to defend in court" > "to defend". Cognate with Dutch verdedigen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡən], [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡn̩], [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡŋ̩] Hyphenation: ver‧tei‧di‧gen === Verb === verteidigen (weak, third-person singular present verteidigt, past tense verteidigte, past participle verteidigt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to defend (from attack) to justify (an opinion, behavior, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== defendieren ==== Antonyms ==== angreifen ==== Derived terms ==== Verteidigen, Verteidiger, Verteidigung verteidigend, verteidigt === Further reading === “verteidigen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verteidigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verteidigen” in Duden online “verteidigen” in OpenThesaurus.de