Etymology

verboten

ver·bot·en
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Today it means: (Strictly) forbidden or prohibited. Full definition →

German verboten
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromverboten“banned, forbidden, prohibited”
  2. English todayverboten

Unadapted borrowing from German verboten (“banned, forbidden, prohibited”). Doublet of forbidden.

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