I heard an american person saying it, at first I thought he spent too much time in Germany in the WWII, but since then I heard it from younger ones too so maybe it's a shared word between the languages?
2007-04-08 22:59:19 · 6 answers · asked by amateurgrower 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It is in common use here.
2007-04-08 23:01:56 · answer #1 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rdenig_m is right "verboten" is not an English word.
As you know, it is a German word, used by people who have been watching too much "Hogan's Heroes" and old war movies.
American Heritage Dictionary
ver·bo·ten (vÉr-bÅt'n, fÄr-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Forbidden; prohibited.
Origin:
German, past participle of verbieten, to forbid, from Middle High German, from Old High German farbiotan.
2007-04-09 06:52:51 · answer #2 · answered by Hamish 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Despite what the other answers say, it is not an English word. It is German, but is used by English speakers who want to sound clever and/or pretentious. Forbidden is the perfectly good English word meaning exactly the same.
2007-04-09 06:06:24 · answer #3 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is an english word too. It means forbidden.
There was an old english version forbEodan which came from the original german word farbotan.
2007-04-09 06:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by FCabanski 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's a real english word. Look in www.dictionary.com .
2007-04-09 06:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by charmedchiclet 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nope, are you sure they weren't saying forgotten?
2007-04-09 07:04:35 · answer #6 · answered by Nish 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋