svinde

Danish

Etymology

From German schwinden, from Proto-Germanic *swindaną. Related to svindle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvenə]

Verb

svinde (imperative svind, present svinder, past svandt, past participle n svundet, c svunden, pl svundne)

1. to dwindle, wane

Conjugation

Conjugation of svinde

active passive present svinder — past svandt — infinitive svinde — imperative svind — participle present svindende past svundet (auxiliary verb være) gerund svinden

Derived terms

• forsvinde
• hensvinde
• svinde ind

References

• “svinde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “svinde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog