Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for verboten

verboten

[ ver-boht-n; German fer-boht-n ]

adjective

  1. forbidden, as by law; prohibited.


verboten

/ fɛrˈboːtən /

adjective

  1. forbidden; prohibited


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of verboten1

First recorded in 1910–15; from German: past participle of verbieten “to prohibit, forbid”; forbid

Discover More

Example Sentences

He shows us the hypocrisy where in some contexts these very words are socially acceptable and at other times they are verboten.

For the right-wing base and its institutional supporters, concessions are verboten.

Now, none of them spells out the verboten words anywhere that I can see.

But Hasan grew a beard sometime after his arrest on Nov. 5, 2009, and in the U.S. military, beards are mostly verboten.

In all that time, probably the only thing we have agreed upon is this: sleeping with patients is verboten.

Else the earth will be ruled by the German bayonet and natural living will be verboten.

Opposite us the Aire was dammed to form a pool, alongside which was a sign, “Schwimmung verboten”.

It is verboten even to think of a white shirt until the Bosch hangs out the tail of his.

You will be quite safe in assuming that anything you yearn for just now ist strengstens polizeilich verboten.

It is verboten to employ a man until he is old and then to throw him out and give his place to a younger man.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


verbosityverb phrase