verspielen

C1 Verb frequency rank #11,813

What verspielen means

Verb

to gamble something away (lose something in a game)
to lose something lightly; to squander; to waste
to lose someone’s goodwill
to make a mistake at playing (e.g. play a wrong note on a music instrument)

Forms

verspielen · verspielt · verspielte · hat verspielt (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

verspielen in a sentence

Er hat sein ganzes Geld beim Kartenspiel verspielt.

He gambled away all his money playing cards.

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verspielen is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #11,813 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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