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Die Blaubeersträucher im Kiefernwald verdorren, bevor ihre Beeren reif werden. The blueberry bushes in the pine forest wither before their berries ripen.

verb · C1

verdorren

[fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁən]

to wither, to dry up

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Other Examples

  • Brunos Basilikum auf der Fensterbank ist während des Urlaubs verdorrt.

    Bruno's basil on the windowsill withered while he was on holiday.

  • Ohne Regen verdorrt das Getreide auf den Feldern rund um Schmöckwitz.

    Without rain, the grain in the fields around Schmöckwitz is withering.

  • Frau Hildes Geranien verdorren nie, weil sie jeden Abend mit der Gießkanne kommt.

    Frau Hilde's geraniums never wither, because she comes out with the watering can every evening.

  • Selbst zähe Kiefern verdorren, wenn der Grundwasserspiegel zu tief sinkt.

    Even hardy pines wither when the water table sinks too low.

  • Im Sommer 2018 ist sogar der Rasen im Tiergarten verdorrt.

    In the summer of 2018, even the grass in the Tiergarten withered.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es verdorrt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es verdorrte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es ist verdorrt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich verdorreverdorrtebin verdorrt
du verdorrstverdorrtestbist verdorrt
er/sie/es verdorrtverdorrteist verdorrt
wir verdorrenverdorrtensind verdorrt
ihr verdorrtverdorrtetseid verdorrt
sie/Sie verdorrenverdorrtensind verdorrt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich war verdorrtwerde verdorrenwerde verdorrt sein
du warst verdorrtwirst verdorrenwirst verdorrt sein
er/sie/es war verdorrtwird verdorrenwird verdorrt sein
wir waren verdorrtwerden verdorrenwerden verdorrt sein
ihr wart verdorrtwerdet verdorrenwerdet verdorrt sein
sie/Sie waren verdorrtwerden verdorrenwerden verdorrt sein
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich verdorrte
du verdorrtest
er/sie/es verdorrte
wir verdorrten
ihr verdorrtet
sie/Sie verdorrten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde verdorren.

Person Imperativ
du verdorr!
ihr verdorrt!
Sie verdorren Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix dorr root en ending

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

dürrdie Dürre

In Otti's situations: Kalle and the drought in Brandenburg

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