verraten
B1to betray, reveal
- English meaning
- to betray, reveal
- CEFR level
- B1 — Intermediate
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- Trust & Honesty
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- German words with V
verraten in a sentence
Wer hat dir das Geheimnis verraten?
Who revealed the secret to you?
Conjugation of verraten
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- verriet
- Perfect
- hat verraten
Word family
verraten is built from raten (to guess, advise). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where verraten comes from
Etymologie: von mittelhochdeutsch verraten, althochdeutsch farratan „durch falschen Rat irreleiten“ :Wortbildung: Derivation (Ableitung) vom Verb raten mit dem Präfix ver-
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Questions about verraten
How do you conjugate verraten?
Present tense: verrate, verrätst, verrät, verraten, verratet, verraten. Simple past: verriet. Perfect: hat verraten.
What does verraten mean in English?
verraten means "to betray, reveal". For example: "Wer hat dir das Geheimnis verraten?" — "Who revealed the secret to you?"
What level is verraten in German?
verraten is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the trust & honesty vocabulary.
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