Verschwinden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- demise noun The end or downfall of something, especially in a gradual or unfortunate way.
- disappear verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
- disappearance noun The act or fact of vanishing or going missing.
- dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
- evaporate verb To turn from a liquid into a vapor or gas.
- exit noun A way out of a place, such as a door or a passage.
- go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
- vanish verb To disappear suddenly, or to go out of sight without being noticed.
Senses
Verschwinden is used for these senses in English:
- beat it (idiomatic, chiefly, as imperative, pejorative, colloquial, dismissal) To leave; to go away.
- demise Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
- disappear (intransitive) To vanish.
- disappear (transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
- disappearance The action of disappearing or vanishing.
- dissipate (physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
- exit (intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
- fade away To lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.
demise — full definition
- noun The end or downfall of something, especially in a gradual or unfortunate way.
- noun A formal or literary word for death.
disappear — full definition
- verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
- verb To go missing, especially suddenly and without explanation.
- verb (transitive, informal) To make someone vanish, especially by abducting or killing them for political reasons.