vertilgen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vertilgen, vertiligen, from Old High German firtīligōn. Equivalent to ver- +‎ tilgen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈtɪlɡn̩] Hyphenation: ver‧til‧gen === Verb === vertilgen (weak, third-person singular present vertilgt, past tense vertilgte, past participle vertilgt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) (literary) to eradicate, to destroy, to erase (mainly of pests, weeds, traces) Synonyms: tilgen, vernichten to consume, to eat (of animals, often to describe eating habits) (colloquial) to eat up, to gobble up (to consume completely and with relish, often implying a degree of excess) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Vertilgen, Vertilger, Vertilgung vertilgend, vertilgt === Further reading === “vertilgen” in Duden online “vertilgen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)