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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-/, , , ,
Verb
verwandeln (weak, third-person singular present verwandelt, past tense verwandelte, past participle verwandelt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, with in (into) + accusative, or with zu (to)) to change (into something else), to transform, transmute
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.
- (reflexive, with in (into) + accusative, or with zu (to)) to change (into something else), to metamorphose
- (transitive, sports) to convert (a chance into a goal/point)
Die meisten Strafstöße werden verwandelt.- Most penalties are converted.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
verwandeln (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
verwandeln (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
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