German

edit

Etymology

edit

ver- +‎ krümeln

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁyːml̩n]
  • Hyphenation: ver‧krü‧meln

Verb

edit

verkrümeln (weak, third-person singular present verkrümelt, past tense verkrümelte, past participle verkrümelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, rare) to scatter something in crumbles
  2. (reflexive, figuratively) to leave, to retreat, to remove oneself (usually in a quiet and unnoticeable manner)
  3. (reflexive, figuratively) to vanish, to disappear

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit