"verschlimmbessern" meaning in All languages combined

See verschlimmbessern on Wiktionary

Verb [German]

IPA: /fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪmˌbɛsɐn/, /fɐ-/ Audio: De-verschlimmbessern.ogg
Etymology: Blend of verschlimmern (“to make worse”) + verbessern (“to improve”), attributed to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. See also disimprove. Etymology templates: {{blend|de|verschlimmern|verbessern|t1=to make worse|t2=to improve}} Blend of verschlimmern (“to make worse”) + verbessern (“to improve”), {{m|en|disimprove}} disimprove Head templates: {{de-verb}} verschlimmbessern (weak, third-person singular present verschlimmbessert, past tense verschlimmbesserte, past participle verschlimmbessert, auxiliary haben) Inflection templates: {{de-conj}} Forms: verschlimmbessert [present, singular, third-person], verschlimmbesserte [past], verschlimmbessert [participle, past], haben [auxiliary], weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], verschlimmbessern [infinitive], verschlimmbessernd [participle, present], verschlimmbessert [participle, past], verschlimmbessre [first-person, indicative, present, singular], verschlimmbessere [first-person, indicative, present, singular], verschlimmbesser [first-person, indicative, present, singular], verschlimmbessern [first-person, indicative, plural, present], verschlimmbessere [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], verschlimmbessre [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], verschlimmbessern [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], verschlimmbesserst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], verschlimmbessert [indicative, plural, present, second-person], verschlimmbesserest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], verschlimmbessrest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], verschlimmbesseret [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], verschlimmbessret [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], verschlimmbessert [indicative, present, singular, third-person], verschlimmbessern [indicative, plural, present, third-person], verschlimmbessere [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], verschlimmbessre [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], verschlimmbessern [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], verschlimmbesserte [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], verschlimmbesserten [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], verschlimmbesserte [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], verschlimmbesserten [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], verschlimmbessertest [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], verschlimmbessertet [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], verschlimmbessertest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], verschlimmbessertet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], verschlimmbesserte [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], verschlimmbesserten [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], verschlimmbesserte [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], verschlimmbesserten [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], verschlimmbessre [imperative, second-person, singular], verschlimmbesser [imperative, second-person, singular], verschlimmbessere [imperative, second-person, singular], verschlimmbessert [imperative, plural, second-person], weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], habe verschlimmbessert [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], haben verschlimmbessert [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], habe verschlimmbessert [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], haben verschlimmbessert [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], hast verschlimmbessert [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], habt verschlimmbessert [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], habest verschlimmbessert [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], habet verschlimmbessert [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hat verschlimmbessert [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], haben verschlimmbessert [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], habe verschlimmbessert [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], haben verschlimmbessert [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], hatte verschlimmbessert [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], hatten verschlimmbessert [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], hätte verschlimmbessert [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], hätten verschlimmbessert [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], hattest verschlimmbessert [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], hattet verschlimmbessert [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], hättest verschlimmbessert [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], hättet verschlimmbessert [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], 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multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde verschlimmbessern [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden verschlimmbessern [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde verschlimmbessern [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden verschlimmbessern [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden verschlimmbessern [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], verschlimmbessert haben werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde verschlimmbessert haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden verschlimmbessert haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde verschlimmbessert haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden verschlimmbessert haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde verschlimmbessert haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden verschlimmbessert haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden verschlimmbessert haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. (somewhat informal) to make something worse in an honest but failed attempt to improve it Tags: informal, weak Synonyms: kaputtreparieren
    Sense id: en-verschlimmbessern-de-verb-XJvcV3SX Categories (other): German blends, German verbs using haben as auxiliary Disambiguation of German blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 48 52
  2. (somewhat informal) to edit a text and thereby unintentionally distort it Tags: informal, weak Synonyms: entstellen, verballhornen, verfälschen, verformen, verunstalten
    Sense id: en-verschlimmbessern-de-verb-UaQkCMwx Categories (other): German blends, German entries with incorrect language header, German verbs using haben as auxiliary Disambiguation of German blends: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Verschlimmbessern, Verschlimmbesserer, Verschlimmbesserung

Inflected forms

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    {
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    {
      "form": "hatte verschlimmbessert",
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    {
      "form": "hatten verschlimmbessert",
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    {
      "form": "hätte verschlimmbessert",
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "hätten verschlimmbessert",
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    {
      "form": "hattest verschlimmbessert",
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    {
      "form": "hattet verschlimmbessert",
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        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hättest verschlimmbessert",
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          "english": "A good year before the Bundestag elections, [the Federal Constitutional Court] has overturned the messy German electoral law, which had been unintentionally made even worse by hasty mending attempts last year.",
          "ref": "2012 July 25, Thomas Darnstädt, “Staatsstreich zum Guten”, in Spiegel",
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      "ipa": "/fɐ-/"
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}

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        "third-person"
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        "plural",
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      "args": {},
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    }
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      "name": "de-conj"
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "German informal terms",
        "German terms with quotations"
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        {
          "english": "A good year before the Bundestag elections, [the Federal Constitutional Court] has overturned the messy German electoral law, which had been unintentionally made even worse by hasty mending attempts last year.",
          "ref": "2012 July 25, Thomas Darnstädt, “Staatsstreich zum Guten”, in Spiegel",
          "text": "Es hat das verquere, durch eilige Reparaturversuche im vergangenen Jahr nochmals verschlimmbesserte deutsche Wahlgesetz gekippt – gut ein Jahr vor der nächsten Bundestagswahl.",
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          "worse",
          "worse"
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        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
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        [
          "failed",
          "failed"
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        [
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          "improve"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat informal) to make something worse in an honest but failed attempt to improve it"
      ],
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          "word": "kaputtreparieren"
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        "weak"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to edit a text and thereby unintentionally distort it"
      ],
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        [
          "edit",
          "edit"
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          "distort",
          "distort"
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          "word": "entstellen"
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          "word": "verballhornen"
        },
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          "word": "verfälschen"
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          "word": "verunstalten"
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        "informal",
        "weak"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪmˌbɛsɐn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐ-/"
    },
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Georg Christoph Lichtenberg"
  ],
  "word": "verschlimmbessern"
}

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