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verlernen

/fəʁˈlɛʁnən/ verb C2
  1. to lose the ability to do a task due to rarely doing it; to unlearn, forget (transitive) · Ich hab gute drei Jahre kein Fahrrad mehr gefahren. Ich hab das komplett verlernt. I haven't ridden a bike in a good three years. I completely forgot how to do it.
  2. to cease doing, to forget (figuratively, transitive) · Sie hat das Lachen verlernt. She doesn't laugh anymore.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
verlernen
Present (er)
verlernt
Präteritum (er)
verlernte
Perfekt (er)
hat verlernt
Infinitive with zu
zu verlernen

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.