verdorren
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verdorren. Equivalent to ver- + dorren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛrˈdɔ.rə(n)/, /vərˈdɔ.rə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧dor‧ren
- Rhymes: -ɔrən
Verb
verdorren
- (ergative) to wither
- De gewassen op de akker waren verdord.
- The crops on the field had withered.
Inflection
| 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 | 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. | ||||
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁən]
- Hyphenation: ver‧dor‧ren
Audio (file)
Verb
verdorren (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
| infinitive | verdorren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Further reading
- “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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