verwandeln

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German verwandelen, ferwandelen, from Old High German firwantalōn, from Proto-Germanic *frawandlōną, equivalent to ver- +‎ wandeln. Cognate with Low German verwanneln, Saterland Frisian ferwondelje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fərˈvandəln/, /fɛr-/, , , ,
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Verb

verwandeln (weak, third-person singular present verwandelt, past tense verwandelte, past participle verwandelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to turn, to change, to transform
    Hitze verwandelt Wasser in Dampf.
    Heat turns water into steam.
    Die böse Hexe verwandelte das Mädchen in eine Kröte.
    The evil witch changed the girl into a toad.
    Die Raupe verwandelt sich in eine Motte.
    The caterpillar turns into a moth.
    • 1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis:
      Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
      As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 33/2010, page 83:
      Seit Ende Juli hat der Monsunregen die Flüsse in weiten Teilen Pakistans über die Ufer treten lassen und ganze Provinzen in Seen verwandelt.
      Since end of July the monsoon rain has made the rivers overflow their banks in large parts of Pakistan and turned whole provinces into lakes.
  2. (accusative reflexive) to turn, to change, to transform
  3. (transitive, sports) to convert (a chance into a goal/point)
    Die meisten Strafstöße werden verwandelt.
    Most penalties are converted.

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