verschwinden
German, verb
verschwinden is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-N (12 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschwinden is a German verb meaning “to disappear, to vanish, to move out of view” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschwinden is a different word: “disappearance”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufhören zu existieren, sich in Nichts auflösen”.
What does verschwinden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disappear, to vanish, to move out of view
Die Sonne verschwindet hinter Wolken.
- 2
colloquialto leave, to go away
Ich verschwinde jetzt besser.
noun
- 1
neuterdisappearance
- 2
neutergerund of verschwinden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aufhören zu existieren, sich in Nichts auflösen 2. den wahrnehmbaren Bereich verlassen 3. verloren gehen 4. den Ort des Geschehens verlassen
noun: 1. der Vorgang, wenn etwas oder jemand sich unbemerkt entfernt oder unsichtbar wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of verschwinden
- verschwindet present singular third-person
- verschwand past
- verschwunden participle past
- verschwände past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- verschwindend participle present
- verschwinde first-person indicative present
- verschwindest indicative present second-person
- verschwanden first-person indicative plural
- verschwänden first-person formal plural
- verschwandest indicative preterite second-person
- verschwandst indicative preterite second-person
- verschwandet indicative plural preterite
- verschwändest formal rare second-person
- verschwändet formal plural rare
- verschwind imperative second-person singular
- verschwinde! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschwinden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschwinden in German?
verschwinden appears 29 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).