verdorren
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch verdorren. Equivalent to ver- + dorren.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editverdorren
Inflection
editConjugation of verdorren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verdorren | |||
past singular | verdorde | |||
past participle | verdord | |||
infinitive | verdorren | |||
gerund | verdorren n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | verdor | verdorde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verdort, verdor2 | verdorde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verdort | verdorde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verdort | verdorde | ||
3rd person singular | verdort | verdorde | ||
plural | verdorren | verdorden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | verdorre | verdorde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verdorren | verdorden | ||
imperative sing. | verdor | |||
imperative plur.1 | verdort | |||
participles | verdorrend | verdord | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Synonyms
editGerman
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editverdorren (weak, third-person singular present verdorrt, past tense verdorrte, past participle verdorrt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to wither, dry up
- Synonyms: dürr werden, vertrocknen
- Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, "Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht".
- Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht, / er fiel auf die bunten Blaublümelein, / sie sind verwelket, verdorret.
- Hoarfrost fell in a night in spring, / it fell on the colourful blue blossoms, / they withered away, dried up.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verdorren | ||||
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present participle | verdorrend | ||||
past participle | verdorrt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verdorre | wir verdorren | i | ich verdorre | wir verdorren |
du verdorrst | ihr verdorrt | du verdorrest | ihr verdorret | ||
er verdorrt | sie verdorren | er verdorre | sie verdorren | ||
preterite | ich verdorrte | wir verdorrten | ii | ich verdorrte1 | wir verdorrten1 |
du verdorrtest | ihr verdorrtet | du verdorrtest1 | ihr verdorrtet1 | ||
er verdorrte | sie verdorrten | er verdorrte1 | sie verdorrten1 | ||
imperative | verdorr (du) verdorre (du) |
verdorrt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “verdorren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verdorren” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verdorren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verdorren” in Duden online
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