Polyglot Dictionary

einstürzen

/ˈaɪ̯nˌʃtʏʁtsn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
stürzt ein
past
stürzte ein
perfect
ist eingestürzt

Meaning

  1. to collapse

    Built from ein (in, into) + stürzen (to fall heavily).

V Category Occurrence Concreteness Concrete Agency Involuntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • ein in, into
  • stürzen to fall heavily

Similar words

bröckeln

Bröckeln is to crumble slowly, bit by bit (old plaster, a cookie); einstürzen is for a whole structure to collapse suddenly.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

desabar

desabar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to collapse."

Portuguese

ruir

ruir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to collapse."

Practice

1 What does einstürzen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das alte Haus ist ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches einstürzen?

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