German-English translation for "verhauen"

"verhauen" English translation

verhauen
transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t <irregulär, unregelmäßig | irregularirr, kein ge-; h> umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg

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wallop, thrash, give a hiding miss bungle, make a hash of
  • wallop
    verhauen verprügeln
    give (jemand | somebodysb) a hiding (licking)
    verhauen verprügeln
    thrash
    verhauen verprügeln
    verhauen verprügeln
  • miss
    verhauen verfehlen
    verhauen verfehlen
examples
  • bungle
    verhauen Schulwesen | schoolSCHULE Klassenarbeit, Prüfung etc
    make a hash of
    verhauen Schulwesen | schoolSCHULE Klassenarbeit, Prüfung etc
    verhauen Schulwesen | schoolSCHULE Klassenarbeit, Prüfung etc
verhauen
reflexives Verb | reflexive verb v/r

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make a blunder you are way off in your calculations
examples
jemanden wacker verhauen (oder | orod verprügeln)
to givejemand | somebody sb a good thrashing
jemanden wacker verhauen (oder | orod verprügeln)
sie haben ihn elend verhauen (oder | orod zugerichtet)
they gave him a terrible beating
sie haben ihn elend verhauen (oder | orod zugerichtet)
jemanden feste verhauen
to givejemand | somebody sb a sound thrashing
jemanden feste verhauen
They said they were going to beat us up if we didn't make some gunpowder for them.
sagten, sie würden uns verhauen, wenn wir für sie kein Schießpulver herstellen würden.
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