verwandeln
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editverwandeln (weak, third-person singular present verwandelt, past tense verwandelte, past participle verwandelt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to turn, to change, to transform [with accusative ‘someone/something’, along with in (+ accusative) or zu (+ dative) ‘into someone/something else’]
- 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[1], 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.
- (accusative reflexive) to turn, to change, to transform [with in (+ accusative) or zu (+ dative) ‘into someone/something else’]
- (transitive, sports) to convert (a chance into a goal/point)
- Die meisten Strafstöße werden verwandelt.
- Most penalties are converted.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verwandeln | ||||
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present participle | verwandelnd | ||||
past participle | verwandelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verwandle ich verwandele ich verwandel |
wir verwandeln | i | ich verwandele ich verwandle |
wir verwandeln |
du verwandelst | ihr verwandelt | du verwandelest du verwandlest |
ihr verwandelet ihr verwandlet | ||
er verwandelt | sie verwandeln | er verwandele er verwandle |
sie verwandeln | ||
preterite | ich verwandelte | wir verwandelten | ii | ich verwandelte1 | wir verwandelten1 |
du verwandeltest | ihr verwandeltet | du verwandeltest1 | ihr verwandeltet1 | ||
er verwandelte | sie verwandelten | er verwandelte1 | sie verwandelten1 | ||
imperative | verwandle (du) verwandel (du) verwandele (du) |
verwandelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “verwandeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verwandeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verwandeln” in Duden online
- “verwandeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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