verspeisen

German

Etymology

ver- + speisen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈʃpaɪ̯zən/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧spei‧sen

Verb

verspeisen (third-person singular simple present verspeist, past tense verspeiste, past participle verspeist, auxiliary haben)

  1. to eat up, especially with great pleasure and enjoyment
    Die Gäste hatten im Nu den leckeren Puter verspeist.
    The guests had eaten up the tasty roast turkey in nothing flat.

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