versachen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German firsahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (to renounce).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /vərˈs̠axːən/, /fərˈs̠axːən/

Verb

versachen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present versachet, past tense versachete, past participle versachet, auxiliary hān)

  1. (transitive) to deny

Conjugation

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “versachen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel