verschwinden

See also: Verschwinden

German

Etymology

From Middle High German verswinden, from Old High German farswindan. Cognate with Middle Low German vorswinden, Dutch verzwinden. Equivalent to ver- +‎ schwinden.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩/, /fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndən/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧schwin‧den
  • audio (Germany)(file)
  • audio (Austria)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

Verb

verschwinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verschwindet, past tense verschwand, past participle verschwunden, past subjunctive verschwände, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to disappear, to vanish, to move out of view
    Die Sonne verschwindet hinter Wolken.
    The sun is disappearing behind clouds.
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) to leave, to go away
    Ich verschwinde jetzt besser.
    I'd better be going now.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.