verb
to disappear
B1
verschwinden: to disappear; to vanish. Strong irregular intransitive verb: Präteritum 'verschwand', participle 'verschwunden', uses sein as auxiliary. Non‑reflexive and generally cannot form passive (intransitive). Common for people, objects or phenomena vanishing; watch verb agreement with sein in perfect tenses. Often indicates sudden or gradual disappearance.
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Während der Fortbildung verschwanden mehrere Dokumente, sodass die Organisatoren sie suchen mussten.
During the training, several documents disappeared, so the organizers had to search for them.
Er ist verschwunden!
He has disappeared!
Das Kind verschwand plötzlich hinter den Büschen.
The child suddenly disappeared behind the bushes.
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Picture an object slowly fading and being swept away by a gust (vanishing into the wind)
sounds like 'verse-wind-en' — imagine someone being taken away by the wind (disappear)
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Intransitive verb of movement/state change; commonly uses 'sein' as auxiliary in perfect tenses. | Intransitive verb; passive forms are not applicable.