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German
Etymology
From northern Middle High German versmahten. By surface analysis, ver- + schmachten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ferˈʃmaxtən/, , ,
- Hyphenation: ver‧schmach‧ten
Verb
verschmachten (weak, third-person singular present verschmachtet, past tense verschmachtete, past participle verschmachtet, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive, also figuratively) to swelter, languish (especially due to thirst, hunger or heat)
- in der sengenden Hitze verschmachten ― to swelter in the blazing heat
- Er verschmachtet vor Sehnsucht, sie wiederzusehen. ― He suffers from his yearning to see her again.
- 1534, Martin Luther, Erste vollständige Gesamtausgabe der Bibel: Biblia, das ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch, Der Psalter 73:26:
Wenn mir gleich Leib vnd Seele verschmacht /So bistu doch Gott alle zeit meines hertzen Trost /vnd mein Teil.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1960, Nino Erné, Giovanni Bruno Erné, Das Ideal und das Leben: Dichterschicksale, Blüchert, →LCCN, →OCLC:Er wie kein anderer, auch Dostojewski nicht, ist der russische Faust, der im Genuß nach Begierde verschmachtet und sich von einem Lebenskreis, einem Tätigkeitsfeld ins andere stürzt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
verschmachten (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
verschmachten (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
Derived terms
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