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Vergiftung

poisoning

noun fer-GHIF-toong Rare

Also means

intoxication

Usage Note

Vergiftung is poisoning, from vergiften (to poison), built on Gift (poison). Food poisoning is Lebensmittelvergiftung; carbon-monoxide poisoning is Kohlenmonoxidvergiftung. Beware the false friend Gift, which is not a present.

Examples

"Die Ärzte vermuteten eine Vergiftung durch verdorbenes Essen."

Natural Translation

The doctors suspected poisoning from spoiled food.

Literal Translation

The doctors suspected a poisoning through spoiled food.

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