verwittern

German

Ein verwitterter Felsbrocken

Etymology

From the prefix ver- and from Witterung, perhaps related to Wetter, from Middle High German weter, from Old High German wetar, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.

Verb

verwittern (third-person singular simple present verwittert, past tense verwitterte, past participle verwittert, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) To erode
  2. (transitive, hunting) To overhaul the smell of a place to lure or scare wild animals

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