verwenden

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɛndən

Verb

verwenden

  1. inflection of verwennen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), ferwenden, from Old High German firwenten (“to turn away, avert, dissuade, hold back”), equivalent to ver- +‎ wenden. Cognate with Middle Low German vörwenden, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈvɛndn̩/, /fɛɐ̯ˈvɛndən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧wen‧den

Verb

verwenden (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present verwendet, past tense verwendete or verwandte, past participle verwendet or verwandt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to use, to employ, to apply
    • 1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 21:
      Das römische Zahlensystem […] besteht aus 7 Buchstaben, die zur Bezeichnung von Zahlenwerten verwendet werden: M D C L X V I
      The Roman numeral system […] consists of 7 letters, which are used for the representation of numerical values: M D C L X V I
  2. (law) to make expenses applied on a material object
    • 2020, Hans Josef Wieling, Thomas Finkenauer, Sachenrecht, 6th edition, Berlin: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, § 12 Rn. 67, page 233:
      Die Rechte wegen vorgenommener Verwendungen stehen dem verwendenden Besitzer zu; sie gehen auch auf seinen Rechtsnachfolger über, § 999 I.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (formal, reflexive) to intercede
    Ich verwende mich bei ihm für dich.
    I approach him on your behalf.
  4. (obsolete) to turn away
    Synonym: abwenden

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading
  • “verwenden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “verwenden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “verwenden” in Duden online
  • “verwenden” in OpenThesaurus.de
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