verwinden
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From ver- + winden (“to wind a coil”).
Verb edit
verwinden
- (transitive) to wind up
- (transitive) to wind in a different way, to rewind
- (transitive, of substance) to use up or waste by winding
- (transitive) to move by means of winding, to move with a windlass
Inflection edit
Inflection of verwinden (strong class 3a, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verwinden | |||
past singular | verwond | |||
past participle | verwonden | |||
infinitive | verwinden | |||
gerund | verwinden n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | verwind | verwond | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verwindt | verwond | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verwindt | verwond | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verwindt | verwondt | ||
3rd person singular | verwindt | verwond | ||
plural | verwinden | verwonden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | verwinde | verwonde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verwinden | verwonden | ||
imperative sing. | verwind | |||
imperative plur.1 | verwindt | |||
participles | verwindend | verwonden | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 2 edit
From wind (“wind”) + ver- -en.
Verb edit
verwinden
Inflection edit
Inflection of verwinden (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verwinden | |||
past singular | verwindde | |||
past participle | verwind | |||
infinitive | verwinden | |||
gerund | verwinden n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | verwind | verwindde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verwindt | verwindde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verwindt | verwindde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verwindt | verwindde | ||
3rd person singular | verwindt | verwindde | ||
plural | verwinden | verwindden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | verwinde | verwindde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verwinden | verwindden | ||
imperative sing. | verwind | |||
imperative plur.1 | verwindt | |||
participles | verwindend | verwind | ||
1) Archaic. |
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German verwinden, from Old High German firwintan. Equivalent to ver- + winden.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /fərˈvɪn.dən/, [fɐˈvɪn.dn̩], [-ˈʋɪn-], [-dən], /fɛr-/, [fɛɐ̯-]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧win‧den
- Rhymes: -ɪndn̩
Verb edit
verwinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verwindet, past tense verwand, past participle verwunden, past subjunctive verwände, auxiliary haben)
- to get over, to cope with, to overcome (a loss, trauma, etc.)
- Synonyms: bewältigen, hinwegkommen über, überwinden, verkraften, verschmerzen
- Auch nach drei Jahren hat er die Trennung von seiner Frau nicht verwunden.
- Even after three years he hasn’t got over the separation from his wife.
- (archaic) to overcome, to defeat
- Synonyms: besiegen, bezwingen, überwältigen, überwinden, unterwerfen
- (rare, dated) to twist out of shape, to warp
- Synonyms: verbiegen, verdrehen, verkrümmen, verzerren
Conjugation edit
infinitive | verwinden | ||||
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present participle | verwindend | ||||
past participle | verwunden | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verwinde | wir verwinden | i | ich verwinde | wir verwinden |
du verwindest | ihr verwindet | du verwindest | ihr verwindet | ||
er verwindet | sie verwinden | er verwinde | sie verwinden | ||
preterite | ich verwand | wir verwanden | ii | ich verwände1 | wir verwänden1 |
du verwandest du verwandst |
ihr verwandet | du verwändest1 | ihr verwändet1 | ||
er verwand | sie verwanden | er verwände1 | sie verwänden1 | ||
imperative | verwind (du) verwinde (du) |
verwindet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “verwinden (ertragen, überwinden)” in Duden online
- “verwinden (winden, drehen, verdrehen)” in Duden online
- “verwinden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verwinden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verwinden” in OpenThesaurus.de