verbrennen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German verbrennen, from Old High German firbrinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *frabrinnan. Equivalent to ver- + brennen (“to burn”). Compare English forburn.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editverbrennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present verbrennt, past tense verbrannte, past participle verbrannt, past subjunctive verbrennte, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (transitive) to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire or flames), to incinerate, to combust [auxiliary haben]
- Das Feuer war verheerend, da nahezu jede Pflanze im Feuer verbrannte. ― The fire was devastating because nearly every plant was consumed by the flames.
- (transitive, reflexive, medicine) to burn oneself, to suffer a burning [auxiliary haben]
- sich den Arm verbrennen ― to burn one's arm
- Neugierige Katzen verbrennen sich die Tatzen. ― Curiosity killed the cat.
- (transitive, military) to scorch [auxiliary haben]
- die Taktik der verbrannten Erde ― the tactic of scorched earth
- (transitive, reflexive) to burn (to hurt the mouth by an overdose of spices) [auxiliary haben]
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 28/2010, page 98:
- Freunde exotischer Gerichte verbrennen sich mitunter gehörig den Mund, weil sie die Schärfe falsch einschätzen.
- Friends of exotic dishes now and then awfully burn their mouth, because they misjudge the spiciness.
- (intransitive) to be burned [auxiliary sein]
- Meine Hände waren vom Feuer verbrannt.
- My hands were burnt by the fire.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | verbrennen | ||||
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present participle | verbrennend | ||||
past participle | verbrannt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verbrenne | wir verbrennen | i | ich verbrenne | wir verbrennen |
du verbrennst | ihr verbrennt | du verbrennest | ihr verbrennet | ||
er verbrennt | sie verbrennen | er verbrenne | sie verbrennen | ||
preterite | ich verbrannte | wir verbrannten | ii | ich verbrennte1 | wir verbrennten1 |
du verbranntest | ihr verbranntet | du verbrenntest1 | ihr verbrenntet1 | ||
er verbrannte | sie verbrannten | er verbrennte1 | sie verbrennten1 | ||
imperative | verbrenn (du) verbrenne (du) |
verbrennt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
edit- (to burn down): abbrennen, niederbrennen
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “verbrennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verbrennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verbrennen” in Duden online
- “verbrennen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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