Polyglot Dictionary

verhungern

/fɛɐ̯ˈhʊŋɐn/

verb B1

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
verhungert
past
verhungerte
perfect
ist verhungert

Meaning

  1. to starve, to die of hunger

    Built from Hunger (hunger) + ver-; colloquially also 'to be starving.'

    • Ich verhungere gleich!

      I'm about to starve!

    • Ohne Hilfe wären die Kinder verhungert. Die Rettungsteams kamen in letzter Minute.

      Without help the children would have starved. The rescue teams arrived at the last minute.

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