Where does “vertwijfelen” come from?

vertwijfelen (Dutch) comes from Middle High German verzwīveln.

vertwijfelen (Dutch): to despair, to lose hope

Definitions

  1. to despair, to lose hope

Ancestry of “vertwijfelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanverzwīveln

Words derived from “vertwijfelen

Every word from Middle High German verzwīveln
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