verschmutzen

I v/t (hat verschmutzt) dirty; (Umwelt, Wasser etc.) pollute; Hund: foul (Bürgersteig etc.)

II v/i (ist) get dirty; Wasser etc.: become polluted; TECH., TEILE etc.: become dirty

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to soil; to contaminate; to pollute

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ver|schmụt|zen ptp verschmu\#tzt

1. vt

to dirty, to soil; Luft, Wasser, Umwelt to pollute; Zündkerze to foul; Fahrbahn to make muddy; Straße, Bürgersteig to dirty; (Hund) to foul

2. vi aux sein

to get dirty; (Luft, Wasser, Umwelt) to become polluted

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1) (to make dirty, especially with faeces: Dogs often foul the pavement.) foul

2) (to make dirty: Chemicals are polluting the air.) pollute

3) (to make muddy: You've muddied the floor!) mud

4) (to dirty or stain: Don't soil your dress with these dusty books!) soil

5) (to become marked in this way: Silk stains easily.) stain

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ver·schmut·zen *

I. vt

▪ etw \verschmutzen

1. (schmutzig werden lassen) to make sth dirty [or fam grubby

2. ÖKOL to pollute sth

II. vi Hilfsverb: sein

1. (schmutzig werden) to get dirty [or fam grubby

2. ÖKOL to get polluted

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1.

intransitives Verb; mit sein <material> get dirty; <river etc.> become polluted

2.

transitives Verb dirty, soil <carpet, clothes>; pollute <air, water, etc.>

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verschmutzen

A. v/t (hat verschmutzt) dirty; (Umwelt, Wasser etc) pollute; Hund: foul (Bürgersteig etc)

B. v/i (ist) get dirty; Wasser etc: become polluted; TECH, Teile etc: become dirty

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1.

intransitives Verb; mit sein <material> get dirty; <river etc.> become polluted

2.

transitives Verb dirty, soil <carpet, clothes>; pollute <air, water, etc.>

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v.

to soil v.