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Die Pfütze auf dem Parkplatz verdunstet in der Mittagssonne innerhalb weniger Minuten. The puddle in the car park evaporates within a few minutes in the midday sun.

verb · C1

verdunsten

[fɛɐ̯ˈdʊnstn̩]

to evaporate

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Other Examples

  • Eine ausgewachsene Linde verdunstet an heißen Tagen mehrere Hundert Liter Wasser.

    On hot days a fully grown linden evaporates several hundred litres of water.

  • Der Tau auf dem Rasen ist längst verdunstet, wenn Kalle um sieben Uhr in den Park kommt.

    The dew on the lawn has long since evaporated by the time Kalle comes into the park at seven.

  • Weil das Regenwasser auf dem Asphalt sofort verdunstet, kommt es bei den Baumwurzeln nie an.

    Because the rainwater evaporates straight away on the asphalt, it never reaches the tree roots.

  • Über ihre Blätter verdunsten die Bäume Wasser und kühlen so die ganze Straße.

    The trees evaporate water through their leaves and so cool the whole street.

  • Lotte vergisst ihren Tee auf dem Balkon, und bis zum Abend ist die Hälfte verdunstet.

    Lotte forgets her tea on the balcony, and by evening half of it has evaporated.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es verdunstet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es verdunstete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es ist verdunstet 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 verdunsteverdunstetebin verdunstet
du verdunstestverdunstetestbist verdunstet
er/sie/es verdunstetverdunsteteist verdunstet
wir verdunstenverdunstetensind verdunstet
ihr verdunstetverdunstetetseid verdunstet
sie/Sie verdunstenverdunstetensind verdunstet
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 verdunstetwerde verdunstenwerde verdunstet sein
du warst verdunstetwirst verdunstenwirst verdunstet sein
er/sie/es war verdunstetwird verdunstenwird verdunstet sein
wir waren verdunstetwerden verdunstenwerden verdunstet sein
ihr wart verdunstetwerdet verdunstenwerdet verdunstet sein
sie/Sie waren verdunstetwerden verdunstenwerden verdunstet 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 verdunstete
du verdunstetest
er/sie/es verdunstete
wir verdunsteten
ihr verdunstetet
sie/Sie verdunsteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

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

Person Imperativ
du verdunste!
ihr verdunstet!
Sie verdunsten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix dunst 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

der Dunstdie Verdunstungdunstig

In Otti's situations: Kalle and the trees of the city

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