schwinden

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German swinden, from Old High German swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan. Cognate with Danish svinde (“to dwindle, vanish”), Dutch zwinden (“to disappear, vanish”), English swindle (“to take advantage of”), Hunsrik schwinne, Low German swinnen (“to decrease, shrink, vanish”), Norwegian svinne (“to disappear, vanish”), Swedish svinna (“to disappear, vanish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪndən/, [ˈʃvɪndn̩] Rhymes: -ɪndn̩ Hyphenation: schwin‧den === Verb === schwinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present schwindet, past tense schwand, past participle geschwunden, past subjunctive schwände or schwünde, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to dwindle (to decrease, shrink, vanish) Synonyms: abnehmen, geringer werden Unser Holzvorrat schwindet rasch. ― Our wood supply dwindles rapidly. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schwinden Schwindung Schwund verschwinden === Further reading === “schwinden”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schwinden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schwinden” in Duden online “schwinden” in OpenThesaurus.de