verderben — to spoil, to ruin in German
/fɛɐ̯ˈdɛrbn̩/
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Zu viele Köche verderben den Brei.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Ich möchte Ihnen nicht den Tag verderben.
I don't want to ruin your day.
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Corpus Neighbors
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entsprechen
to correspond to, to meet, to comply with, to conform to
erscheinen
to appear, to seem, to be published, to be released, to come out
bilden
to form, to educate
betreffen
to affect, to concern, to relate to
ergeben
to result in, to show, to give, to produce, to yield
sich ergeben
to surrender
sich verlassen
to depend, to rely on
bezeichnen
to call, to name, to describe, to denote
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