Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch verdorren. Equivalent to ver- +‎ dorren.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɛrˈdɔ.rə(n)/, /vərˈdɔ.rə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧dor‧ren
  • Rhymes: -ɔrən

Verb

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verdorren

  1. (ergative) to wither
    De gewassen op de akker waren verdord.
    The crops on the field had withered.

Inflection

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Conjugation of verdorren (weak, prefixed)
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

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German

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Etymology

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ver- +‎ dorren

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁən]
  • Hyphenation: ver‧dor‧ren
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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verdorren (weak, third-person singular present verdorrt, past tense verdorrte, past participle verdorrt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. 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.

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