Polyglot Dictionary

versanden

/fɛɐ̯ˈzandn̩/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
versandet
past
versandete
perfect
ist versandet

Meaning

  1. to silt up; to peter out

    • Das Projekt versandete.

      The project petered out.

    • Der Hafen versandet langsam und muss ausgebaggert werden. Das kostet viel Geld.

      The harbour is slowly silting up and has to be dredged. That costs a lot of money.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Practice

1 What does versanden mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Projekt ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches versanden?

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