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verringern

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German

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Etymology

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From ver- + archaic ringern (to make lighter, soften, weaken), a verbal formation from the same root as gering (little, low) (see there for more).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧ring‧ern

Verb

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verringern (weak, third-person singular present verringert, past tense verringerte, past participle verringert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to abate, to reduce, to lessen
    Synonyms: vermindern, verkleinern

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “verringern”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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