verwelken
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch verwelken, equivalent to ver- + welken. Cognate with Middle Low German vörwelken.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /vərˈʋɛlkə(n)/, [vərˈʋɛɫkə(n)], [vərˈʋɛləkə(n)]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧wel‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛlkən
Verb
[edit]verwelken
- (intransitive) to wither, wilt
- Synonyms: verleppen, verflensen
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of verwelken (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verwelken | |||
past singular | verwelkte | |||
past participle | verwelkt | |||
infinitive | verwelken | |||
gerund | verwelken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | verwelk | verwelkte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verwelkt, verwelk2 | verwelkte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verwelkt | verwelkte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verwelkt | verwelkte | ||
3rd person singular | verwelkt | verwelkte | ||
plural | verwelken | verwelkten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | verwelke | verwelkte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verwelken | verwelkten | ||
imperative sing. | verwelk | |||
imperative plur.1 | verwelkt | |||
participles | verwelkend | verwelkt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: verwelk
References
[edit]- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “verwelken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verwelken, ferwelken, equivalent to ver- + welken. Compare Middle Low German vörwelken, Old High German firswelkōn (“to wither”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verwelken (weak, third-person singular present verwelkt, past tense verwelkte, past participle verwelkt, auxiliary sein)
- to wither
- Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, "Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht".
- Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht, / er fiel auf die bunten Blaublümelein, / sie sind verwelket, verdorret.
- Hoarfrost fell in a night in spring, / it fell on the colourful blue blossoms, / they withered away, dried up.
- Synonym: welken
- Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, "Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht".
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verwelken | ||||
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present participle | verwelkend | ||||
past participle | verwelkt | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verwelke | wir verwelken | i | ich verwelke | wir verwelken |
du verwelkst | ihr verwelkt | du verwelkest | ihr verwelket | ||
er verwelkt | sie verwelken | er verwelke | sie verwelken | ||
preterite | ich verwelkte | wir verwelkten | ii | ich verwelkte1 | wir verwelkten1 |
du verwelktest | ihr verwelktet | du verwelktest1 | ihr verwelktet1 | ||
er verwelkte | sie verwelkten | er verwelkte1 | sie verwelkten1 | ||
imperative | verwelk (du) verwelke (du) |
verwelkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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