verlöschen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German verleschen. Equivalent to ver- +‎ löschen.

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Verb

verlöschen (weak, third-person singular present verlöscht, past tense verlöschte, past participle verlöscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, literary) to quench, to extinguish
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to go out, to fade, to get dimmer

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