Also means
do without
Usage Note
verzichten always takes auf plus the accusative: auf etwas verzichten (to give something up, to renounce it). It has no English one-word equivalent and is common in resolutions like ich verzichte auf Zucker.
Examples
"Ich verzichte auf Kaffee."
Natural Translation
I'm giving up coffee.
Literal Translation
I forgo on coffee.
Related Words
- Abgebrühtheit hardened cynicism, unshockable matter-of-factness
- Achtsamkeit mindfulness, attentiveness, careful awareness
- Ansicht opinion
- Arglosigkeit naivety, guilelessness, unsuspecting nature
- Argwohn suspicion
- Aufbruchsstimmung mood of new beginnings, pioneering spirit
- Aufsässigkeit rebelliousness, insubordination
- Bedächtigkeit deliberateness, careful thoughtfulness
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