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Kalle zeigt der Gruppe, wo vor drei Jahren ein verheerender Brand wütete, und heute wachsen dort junge Birken. Kalle shows the group where a devastating fire raged three years ago, and today young birches are growing there.

adjective · C1

verheerend

[fɛɐ̯ˈheːʁənt]

devastating, disastrous

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Grammar

Comparative
verheerender Compares two things: … als …
Superlative
am verheerendsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix heer root end suffix

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).

Word family

verheerendie Verheerung

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

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