verzichten

== German == === Etymology === 18th century, denominal from Verzicht +‎ -en, displacing related sich (einer Sache) verzeihen. The significantly earlier attestation of Middle Low German vortichten, Middle Dutch vertichten (15th c.) makes it likely that the High German formation is based on these. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ferˈtsɪçtən/, [fɐˈt͡sɪç.tn̩], [fɛɐ̯-] Hyphenation: ver‧zich‧ten === Verb === verzichten (weak, third-person singular present verzichtet, past tense verzichtete, past participle verzichtet, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to give up, to go without, to live without, to make do without, to do without, to forgo, to dispense with [with auf (+ accusative) ‘something’] (in both languages, either matter of fact or ironic, depending on the context) (intransitive) to refrain from, to abstain, to renounce, to forswear [with auf (+ accusative) ‘something’] Synonyms: enthalten, begeben auf den Thron verzichten ― to abdicate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verzichter, Verzichtung Verzicht verzichtbar ==== Related terms ==== Verzichten verzichtend, verzichtet verzeihen, verziehen === Further reading === “verzichten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “verzichten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verzichten” in Duden online “verzichten” in OpenThesaurus.de