German

Noun

Verderben n ‎(genitive Verderbens, no plural)

1. gerund of verderben
   1. ruin, doom

Declension

External links

• Verderben in Duden online

German

Verb

verderben ‎(class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present verdirbt, past tense verdarb, past participle verdorben, past subjunctive verdürbe, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (transitive, with haben) to deprive (someone) of (something); to rob (someone) of (some feeling)
2. (transitive, with haben) to ruin; to render (something) useless; to corrupt; to spoil
3. (intransitive, usually of food, with sein) to spoil; to rot; to perish
4. (intransitive, with sein) to be offensive; to live sinfully

Usage notes

In most contexts, the verb has strong conjugation. However, it has weak conjugation when referring to a written document: Der Text ist verderbt – The text is corrupted. (Chiefly, only the past participle is used in this sense.) Also, in archaic German, verderbt could be used in other senses as well.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• verderblich
• viele Köche verderben den Brei
• sich den Magen verderben