verwandeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German verwandelen, ferwandelen, from Old High German firwantalōn, from Proto-Germanic *frawandlōną, equivalent to ver- +‎ wandeln. Cognate with Low German verwanneln, Saterland Frisian ferwondelje.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fərˈvandəln/, /fɛr-/, [fɐˈvan.dl̩n], [fɛɐ̯-], [-ˈʋan-], [-dəln]
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Verb

verwandeln (weak, third-person singular present verwandelt, past tense verwandelte, past participle verwandelt, auxiliary haben)

(transitive, with in (into) + accusative, or with zu (to)) to change (into something else), to transform, transmute
Hitze verwandelt Wasser in Dampf.
Heat turns water into steam.

Die böse Hexe verwandelte das Mädchen in eine Kröte.
The evil witch changed the girl into a toad.
- Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (1915):
  Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
  As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.
- 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 33/2010, page 83:
  Seit Ende Juli hat der Monsunregen die Flüsse in weiten Teilen Pakistans über die Ufer treten lassen und ganze Provinzen in Seen verwandelt.
  Since end of July the monsoon rain has made the rivers overflow their banks in large parts of Pakistan and turned whole provinces into lakes.
(reflexive, with in (into) + accusative, or with zu (to)) to change (into something else), to metamorphose
Die Raupe verwandelt sich in eine Motte.
The caterpillar turns into a moth.
(transitive, sports) to convert (a chance into a goal/point)
Die meisten Strafstöße werden verwandelt.
Most penalties are converted.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Verwandeln, Verwandler, Verwandlung
verwandelnd, verwandelt