verhungern
B2to starve
- English meaning
- to starve
- CEFR level
- B2 — Upper-Intermediate
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verhungern in a sentence
Menschen können verhungern, wenn sie keine Nahrung haben.
People can starve if they have no food.
Conjugation of verhungern
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- verhungerte
- Perfect
- ist verhungert
Word family
verhungern is built from gern (gladly, with pleasure). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where verhungern comes from
[1] Ableitung des Substantivs zum Verb verhungern durch Konversion
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Questions about verhungern
How do you conjugate verhungern?
Present tense: verhungere, verhungerst, verhungert, verhungern, verhungert, verhungern. Simple past: verhungerte. Perfect: ist verhungert.
What does verhungern mean in English?
verhungern means "to starve". For example: "Menschen können verhungern, wenn sie keine Nahrung haben." — "People can starve if they have no food."
What level is verhungern in German?
verhungern is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the illness & symptoms vocabulary.
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