verzehrt

Verzehrt is the past participle of the German verb verzehren. Verzehren means to consume or devour food and drink, and more broadly to use up or exhaust something through consumption. As a participle, verzehrt is used in perfect tense constructions with the auxiliary haben, for example: Ich habe die Mahlzeit verzehrt. It can also function as an adjective or in adjectival phrases, typically referring to something that has already been eaten, such as verzehrte Nahrung or verzehrte Speisen.

In usage, verzehrt appears primarily in written and formal speech, including medical, nutritional, or culinary contexts where the act of consuming is described. For example, one might say that portions of food were verzehrt, or that the verzehrten Lebensmittel must be entsorgt for hygiene reasons. While it is a precise term, it is less common in everyday informal conversation, where verbs like essen or verzehren in simpler forms are more typical.

Etymologically, verzehren derives from zehren, meaning to sustain or to deplete by nourishment, with the prefix ver- adding nuance to the action of consuming. The related noun Verzehr denotes the act or process of consumption, such as the Verzehr von Lebensmitteln.

See also: Verzehr, verzehren, essen, konsumieren. Verzehrt should not be confused with similarly formed words; its meaning depends on the tense and construction of the sentence in which it appears.