verschwinden

v/i (unreg.)

1. disappear, vanish (in + Dat into); mein Koffer etc. ist verschwunden auch my case etc. has (oder is) gone; jemanden / etw. spurlos verschwinden lassen spirit s.o. / s.th. away; etw. verschwinden lassen umg. (stehlen) walk off with s.th.; ich muss mal verschwinden umg., fig. I must just pay a visit (oder spend a penny), Am. I have to powder my nose; verschwinden neben fig. pale into insignificance beside, be dwarfed by

2. umg. (abhauen) make o.s. scarce; (türmen) do a bunk; verschwinde! hop it!, scram!; hoffentlich seid ihr bald verschwunden! you’d better make yourselves scarce!

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das Verschwinden

disappearance

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Ver|schwịn|den [fɛɐ'ʃvɪndn]

nt -s, no pl

disappearance

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1) (to fade; to disappear: The daylight was dying fast.) die

2) disappearance

3) (to vanish from sight: The sun disappeared slowly below the horizon.) disappear

4) (to fade out of existence: This custom had disappeared by the end of the century.) disappear

5) (to go away so that other people do not know where one is: A search is being carried out for the boy who disappeared from his home on Monday.) disappear

6) (to go quickly and suddenly out of sight: She dived down a back street and into a shop.) dive

7) (to (make something) lose strength, colour, loudness etc: The noise gradually faded (away).) fade

8) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) go

9) (to become distant: The coast receded behind us as we sailed away.) recede

10) (to become no longer visible, especially suddenly: The ship vanished over the horizon; Our hopes suddenly vanished.) vanish

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Ver·schwin·den

<-s>

nt kein pl disappearance (+gen/von +dat of)

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) disappear; vanish; <pain, spot, etc.> disappear, go [away]

es ist besser, wir verschwinden/lass uns hier verschwinden — we'd better/let's make ourselves scarce (coll.)

verschwinde [hier]! — off with you!; go away!; hop it! (Brit. coll.)

ich muss mal verschwinden — (ugs. verhüll.) I have to pay a visit (coll.) or (Brit. coll.) spend a penny

jemanden verschwinden lassen — take somebody away; (ermorden) eliminate somebody; do away with somebody

etwas verschwinden lassen — (wegzaubern) <conjurer> make something disappear or vanish; (stehlen) help oneself to something (coll.); (unterschlagen, beiseite schaffen) dispose of something

2)

neben jemandem/etwas verschwinden — (sehr klein wirken) be dwarfed by somebody/something; (unbedeutend wirken) pale into insignificance beside somebody/something

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verschwinden v/i (irr)

1. disappear, vanish (

in +dat into);

mein Koffer etc

ist verschwunden auch my case etc has (oder is) gone;

jemanden/etwas spurlos verschwinden lassen spirit sb/sth away;

etwas verschwinden lassen umg (stehlen) walk off with sth;

ich muss mal verschwinden umg, fig I must just pay a visit (oder spend a penny), US I have to powder my nose;

verschwinden neben fig pale into insignificance beside, be dwarfed by

2. umg (abhauen) make o.s. scarce; (türmen) do a bunk;

verschwinde! hop it!, scram!;

hoffentlich seid ihr bald verschwunden! you’d better make yourselves scarce!

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) disappear; vanish; <pain, spot, etc.> disappear, go [away]

es ist besser, wir verschwinden/lass uns hier verschwinden — we'd better/let's make ourselves scarce (coll.)

verschwinde [hier]! — off with you!; go away!; hop it! (Brit. coll.)

ich muss mal verschwinden — (ugs. verhüll.) I have to pay a visit (coll.) or (Brit. coll.) spend a penny

jemanden verschwinden lassen — take somebody away; (ermorden) eliminate somebody; do away with somebody

etwas verschwinden lassen — (wegzaubern) <conjurer> make something disappear or vanish; (stehlen) help oneself to something (coll.); (unterschlagen, beiseite schaffen) dispose of something

2)

neben jemandem/etwas verschwinden — (sehr klein wirken) be dwarfed by somebody/something; (unbedeutend wirken) pale into insignificance beside somebody/something

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n.

disappearance n.