verstreichen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German verstrīchen, from Old High German firstrīhhan. Equivalent to ver- + streichen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verstreichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present verstreicht, past tense verstrich, past participle verstrichen, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive, of time) to pass, to elapse, to expire [auxiliary sein]
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:
- Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.
- Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.
- (transitive) to spread something (e.g., paint, spread, cream, etc.) [auxiliary haben]
- Butter auf einem Brot verstreichen ― to spread butter on a bread
- Farbe auf der Wand verstreichen ― spread paint on the wall
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verstreichen | ||||
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present participle | verstreichend | ||||
past participle | verstrichen | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verstreiche | wir verstreichen | i | ich verstreiche | wir verstreichen |
du verstreichst | ihr verstreicht | du verstreichest | ihr verstreichet | ||
er verstreicht | sie verstreichen | er verstreiche | sie verstreichen | ||
preterite | ich verstrich | wir verstrichen | ii | ich verstriche1 | wir verstrichen1 |
du verstrichst | ihr verstricht | du verstrichest1 du verstrichst1 |
ihr verstrichet1 ihr verstricht1 | ||
er verstrich | sie verstrichen | er verstriche1 | sie verstrichen1 | ||
imperative | verstreich (du) verstreiche (du) |
verstreicht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verstreichen” in Duden online
- “verstreichen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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