verhungern

v/i die of starvation, starve (to death); ich bin am Verhungern umg. I’m starving; bei uns ist noch keiner verhungert umg. no one has ever died of starvation in this house; jemanden am ausgestreckten Arm verhungern lassen umg., fig. put the squeeze on s.o.; willst du mich verhungern lassen? umg., hum. are you just going to let me starve?

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to starve; to die of hunger; to famish; to starve to death

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ver|hụn|gern ptp verhu\#ngert

vi aux sein

to starve, to die of starvation; (inf = Hunger haben) to be starving (inf)

er sah völlig verhungert aus — he looked half-starved; (inf) he looked absolutely famished (inf)

ich bin am Verhungern (inf) — I'm starving (inf)

jdn verhungern lassen (lit) — to let sb starve (to death); (beim Spielen) to leave sb out of the game

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das

1) (a starving state: They died of starvation.) starvation

2) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) starve

3) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) starve

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vi Hilfsverb: sein

1. (Hungers sterben) to starve [to death], to die of starvation no pl, no art

▪ jdn \verhungern lassen to let sb starve [to death]

[fast] am \verhungern sein (a. fig fam) to be [just about] starving also fig

2. (fam: stehen bleiben)

▪ [irgendwo] \verhungern to come to a stop [somewhere]

der Golfball verhungerte nur wenige Zentimeter vor dem Loch the golf ball came to a stop just a few centimetres from the hole

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intransitives Verb; mit sein die of starvation; starve [to death]

ich bin am Verhungern — (ugs.) I'm starving (fig. coll.)

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verhungern v/i die of starvation, starve (to death);

ich bin am Verhungern umg I’m starving;

bei uns ist noch keiner verhungert umg no one has ever died of starvation in this house;

jemanden am ausgestreckten Arm verhungern umg, fig put the squeeze on sb;

willst du mich verhungern ? umg, hum are you just going to let me starve?

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intransitives Verb; mit sein die of starvation; starve [to death]

ich bin am Verhungern — (ugs.) I'm starving (fig. coll.)

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v.

to die of hunger expr.

to famish v.

to starve v.