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GERMAN VERB

verschwinden

to disappear

  • #458 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: verschwunden

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I disappear
  2. du you disappear
  3. er, sie, es he/she disappears
  4. wir we disappear
  5. ihr you all disappear
  6. sie, Sie they disappear

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I disappeared
  2. du you disappeared
  3. er, sie, es he/she disappeared
  4. wir we disappeared
  5. ihr you all disappeared
  6. sie, Sie they disappeared

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have disappeared
  2. du you have disappeared
  3. er, sie, es he/she has disappeared
  4. wir we have disappeared
  5. ihr you all have disappeared
  6. sie, Sie they have disappeared

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will disappear
  2. du you will disappear
  3. er, sie, es he/she will disappear
  4. wir we will disappear
  5. ihr you all will disappear
  6. sie, Sie they will disappear

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would disappear
  2. du you would disappear
  3. er, sie, es he/she would disappear
  4. wir we would disappear
  5. ihr you all would disappear
  6. sie, Sie they would disappear

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du disappear!
  2. ihr disappear! (all of you)
  3. Sie disappear! (formal)

How to use verschwinden

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Meine Socken verschwinden immer in der Waschmaschine.

    My socks always disappear in the washing machine.

  2. Simple past

    Die Katze verschwand plötzlich hinter dem Schrank.

    The cat suddenly disappeared behind the wardrobe.

  3. Perfect

    Mein Schirm ist schon wieder verschwunden.

    My umbrella has disappeared again.

  4. Future

    Die Kopfschmerzen werden bald verschwinden.

    The headache will go away soon.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde jetzt am liebsten einfach verschwinden.

    Right now I'd love to just disappear.

  6. Imperative

    Verschwindet, ich muss arbeiten!

    Clear off, I have to work!

Good to know

  • Verschwinde! is a rough get lost; said with a smile it is just off you go.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.