verwinden

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈʋɪn.də(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧win‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɪndən

Etymology 1

From ver- +‎ winden (to wind a coil).

Verb

verwinden

  1. (transitive) to wind up
  2. (transitive) to wind in a different way, to rewind
  3. (transitive, of substance) to use up or waste by winding
  4. (transitive) to move by means of winding, to move with a windlass
Conjugation
Conjugation of verwinden (strong class 3a, prefixed)
infinitive verwinden
past singular verwond
past participle verwonden
infinitive verwinden
gerund verwinden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verwind verwond
2nd person sing. (jij) verwindt, verwind2 verwond
2nd person sing. (u) verwindt verwond
2nd person sing. (gij) verwindt verwondt
3rd person singular verwindt verwond
plural verwinden verwonden
subjunctive sing.1 verwinde verwonde
subjunctive plur.1 verwinden verwonden
imperative sing. verwind
imperative plur.1 verwindt
participles verwindend verwonden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

From wind (wind) +‎ ver- -en.

Verb

verwinden

  1. (transitive) to make blown by the wind, to dry by the wind
Conjugation
Conjugation of verwinden (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verwinden
past singular verwindde
past participle verwind
infinitive verwinden
gerund verwinden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verwind verwindde
2nd person sing. (jij) verwindt, verwind2 verwindde
2nd person sing. (u) verwindt verwindde
2nd person sing. (gij) verwindt verwindde
3rd person singular verwindt verwindde
plural verwinden verwindden
subjunctive sing.1 verwinde verwindde
subjunctive plur.1 verwinden verwindden
imperative sing. verwind
imperative plur.1 verwindt
participles verwindend verwind
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German verwinden, from Old High German firwintan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ winden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fərˈvɪn.dən/, , , , /fɛr-/,
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧win‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

Verb

verwinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verwindet, past tense verwand, past participle verwunden, past subjunctive verwände, auxiliary haben)

  1. (higher register) to get over, to cope with, to overcome (a loss, trauma, etc.)
    Synonyms: bewältigen, hinwegkommen über, überwinden, verkraften, verschmerzen
    Auch nach drei Jahren hat er die Trennung von seiner Frau nicht verwunden.
    Even after three years he hasn’t gotten over the separation from his wife.
    • 2018 December 30, Iris Radisch, “Leute mit falscher Postadresse”, in Die Zeit, Hamburg, →ISSN:
      Stattdessen versammelt sich die Schar der Gescheiterten um den nach der Ersatzdroge Subutex genannten Titelhelden, einen Clint Eastwood des Pariser Undergrounds, der in den Buttes-Chaumont im Freien lebt und dort alle tröstet, die den Niedergang von Sex, Drogen und Rock ’n’ Roll im neuen, cleanen Jahrtausend nicht verwinden können.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (archaic) to overcome, to defeat
    Synonyms: besiegen, bezwingen, überwältigen, überwinden, unterwerfen
  3. (rare, dated) to twist out of shape, to warp
    Synonyms: verbiegen, verdrehen, verkrümmen, verzerren

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