dahinsiechen
C1to pine away / languish / waste away
- English meaning
- to pine away / languish / waste away
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dahinsiechen in a sentence
Der Patient dahinsiechen, weil die Krankheit schlimm war.
The patient was wasting away because the illness was severe.
Conjugation of dahinsiechen
dahinsiechen is a separable verb — the prefix splits off and goes to the end of the clause.
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- siechte dahin
- Perfect
- ist dahingesiecht
Word family
dahinsiechen is built from dahin (there; to that place). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where dahinsiechen comes from
, belegt seit dem 19. Jahrhundert
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Questions about dahinsiechen
How do you conjugate dahinsiechen?
Present tense: ich sieche dahin, du siechst dahin, er/sie/es siecht dahin, wir siechen dahin, ihr siecht dahin, sie siechen dahin. Simple past: siechte dahin. Perfect: ist dahingesiecht. dahinsiechen is a separable verb, so the prefix moves to the end of the clause.
What does dahinsiechen mean in English?
dahinsiechen means "to pine away / languish / waste away". For example: "Der Patient dahinsiechen, weil die Krankheit schlimm war." — "The patient was wasting away because the illness was severe."
What level is dahinsiechen in German?
dahinsiechen is a C1 word — c1 — advanced. It belongs to the illness & symptoms vocabulary.
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