verderben

B1 Verb frequency rank #5,057

What verderben means

Verb

to ruin; to render (something) useless; to corrupt; to spoil
to deprive (someone) of (something); to rob (someone) of (some feeling)
to spoil; to rot; to perish (of food)
to be offensive; to live sinfully

Forms

verderben · verdirbt · verdarb · hat verdorben (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

verderben in a sentence

Lass dir von so einer Kleinigkeit nicht die Laune verderben.

Don't let a little thing like that spoil your mood.

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verderben is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #5,057 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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