- verlottern
- pej.I v/i (ist verlottert) go to rack and ruin; Person, äußerlich: go to seedII v/t (hat) squander; Hab und Gut verlottern squander all one’s possessions* * *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. vtGeld to squander, to fritter away* * *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* * *intransitives Verb; mit sein (abwertend) <building, town, area, etc.> become run-down; <person> go to seed; <firm, business> go downhill, go to the dogs* * *verlottern pejA. v/i (ist verlottert) go to rack and ruin; Person, äußerlich: go to seedB. v/t (hat) squander;Hab und Gut verlottern squander all one’s possessions* * *intransitives Verb; mit sein (abwertend) <building, town, area, etc.> become run-down; <person> go to seed; <firm, business> go downhill, go to the dogs* * *v.to go to rack expr.to go to seed expr.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.