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Verkneifen Translations, meanings and synonyms
"Verkneifen" is used as verb with the meaning of "suppress", "hold back" or "bite back".
Essential properties of "verkneifen"
Its most important properties are:
Properties
- Infinitive: verkneifen
- Simple past: verkniff
- Participle: verkniffen
irregulartransitivereflexive
Note: These properties are not absolute. A transitive verb can be used intransitively and vice versa depending on context, and many verbs can be used reflexively even though they are not primarily reflexive.
Meanings of "verkneifen" + more translations, synonyms and antonyms
It has the meanings and uses detailed below:
1.) "To suppress or hold back something"
- Definition: "To refrain from doing or saying something, often with difficulty."
- Translation(s): suppress, hold back, bite back, refrain
- Synonym(s): unterdrücken, zurückhalten
- Antonym(s): zulassen, nachgeben
- Related word(s): verzichten, unterlassen
📝 Some usage examples:
- Er konnte sich das Lachen nicht verkneifen.
- Sie musste sich einen Kommentar verkneifen.
- Ich habe mir die Bemerkung verkneifen.