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verlassen

leave; rely on

verlässlich

reliable; dependable

der Verlauf

course; progression

verlegen

move; reschedule ; mislay; misplace ; lay; install ; embarrassed; bashful ; publish as a publisher

die Verlegenheit

embarrassment; awkward situation

die Verlegung

relocation; rescheduling ; laying; installation

verleihen

lend; hire out ; award; confer ; lend; give a quality to

verlernen

forget how to do something

(sich) verlesen

read aloud formally ; misread ; sort through; pick over

der Verletzte / die Verletzte

injured person

die Verletzung

injury

verliebt

in love

verlieren

lose

der Verlierer / die Verliererin

loser

die Verlockung

temptation; allure

der Verlust

loss

vermehren

increase; augment ; reproduce; multiply

vermehrt

increasingly; more frequently

vermeidbar

avoidable; preventable

vermeiden

avoid

die Vermeidung

avoidance; prevention

vermeintlich

supposed; alleged; purported

vermerken

note; record briefly

vermessen

measure; survey ; measure incorrectly ; presumptuous; overconfident

die Vermessenheit

presumption; arrogance

vermieten

rent out; let

der Vermieter / die Vermieterin

landlord; landlady

die Vermietung

letting; rental

vermindern

reduce; diminish

vermischen

mix; conflate

vermissen

miss (someone)

vermitteln

convey; teach ; mediate ; arrange; find for someone

die Vermittlung

switchboard; mediation; placement

vermögen

be able to; be capable of

das Vermögen

wealth; assets ; ability; capacity

vermuten

suspect; suppose

vermutlich

probably; presumably

die Vermutung

assumption; supposition; suspicion

vernachlässigen

neglect

vernehmen

question; interrogate formally ; hear; perceive

vernetzen

network; connect

vernetzt

networked; interconnected

die Vernetzung

networking; interconnection

vernichten

destroy; annihilate

die Vernunft

reason; good sense

vernünftig

sensible; reasonable

veröffentlichen

publish

die Veröffentlichung

publication; release

die Verordnung

regulation; ordinance ; medical prescription; doctor's order

verpacken

pack; wrap

die Verpackung

packaging; wrapping

verpassen

miss (a train or event)

verpennen

sleep through; miss by oversleeping ; miss through inattention; forget about

verpflegen

provide meals for

die Verpflegung

catering; food and drink

verpflichtet

obliged; required

die Verpflichtung

obligation; commitment

verplant

fully scheduled; already allocated ; disorganised; scatterbrained

verplempern

fritter away; squander

verpuffen

flash; burn rapidly with a pressure pulse ; fizzle out; have no lasting effect