beeinträchtigen

German

Etymology

Not directly related to Eintracht (concord, harmony), but instead from another Eintracht, which was an East Central German variant of Eintrag (impairment). The earliest attentations of the verb are apparently from the 16th century.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

beeinträchtigen (third-person singular simple present beeinträchtigt, past tense beeinträchtigte, past participle beeinträchtigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to impair, to mar, to tarnish

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