verlottern

pej.

I v/i (ist verlottert) go to rack and ruin; Person, äußerlich: go to seed

II v/t (hat) squander; Hab und Gut verlottern squander all one’s possessions

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ver|lọt|tern ptp verlo\#ttert aux sein (inf)

1. vi

(Stadt, Restaurant) to get or become run down; (Garten) to run wild; (Mensch) to go to the dogs; (moralisch) to go downhill

er verlottert immer mehr — he is sliding further and further downhill

das Haus ist ganz verlottert — the house is a complete shambles

2. vt

Geld to squander, to fritter away

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ver·lot·tern *

vi Hilfsverb: sein to fall into disrepair, to become run-down; Mensch to run to seed, to go to the dogs fam

▪ etw \verlottern lassen to let sth get run-down

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intransitives Verb; mit sein (abwertend) <building, town, area, etc.> become run-down; <person> go to seed; <firm, business> go downhill, go to the dogs

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verlottern pej

A. v/i (ist verlottert) go to rack and ruin; Person, äußerlich: go to seed

B. v/t (hat) squander;

Hab und Gut verlottern squander all one’s possessions

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intransitives Verb; mit sein (abwertend) <building, town, area, etc.> become run-down; <person> go to seed; <firm, business> go downhill, go to the dogs

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v.

to go to rack expr.

to go to seed expr.