Similar words
vertragen
Sich vertragen (with food/medicine) is to tolerate it without a bad reaction; verdauen is the physical process of digesting it.
Similar in other languages
Spanish
digerir
digerir is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to digest."
Portuguese
digerir
digerir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to digest."
Practice
1 What does verdauen mean?
to digest
2 Fill the gap: Das Essen ist schwer zu ___.
Full sentence: Das Essen ist schwer zu verdauen. (The food is hard to digest.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches verdauen?
verdauen: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.