Sentences with German verb schrumpfen

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Present

  • Die griechische Wirtschaft schrumpft weiter. 
    English The Greek economy continues to shrink.
  • Das Obst schrumpft , wenn man es lange lagert. 
    English The fruit shrinks when stored for a long time.
  • Der Tschadsee schrumpft mehr und mehr. 
    English Lake Chad is shrinking more and more.
  • Chinas Bilanz-Plus schrumpft dagegen, weil die Exporte wegbrechen. 
    English China's surplus balance, on the other hand, is shrinking because exports are collapsing.

Imperfect

  • Seine Ansprüche stiegen in dem Maße, in dem seine Möglichkeiten schrumpften . 
    English His demands increased to the extent that his possibilities shrank.
  • Der Apfel schrumpfte aufgrund seines Alters. 
    English The apple shrank due to its age.
  • Das Budget schrumpfte stetig, sodass die Finanzierung des Projekts in Gefahr geriet. 
    English The budget shrank steadily, so the financing of the project was in danger.
  • Die Stadtbevölkerung schrumpfte um ein Drittel. 
    English The population of the city dropped by a third.
  • Etwas Neues war entstanden, etwas, das die Welt schrumpfte wie die Eisenbahn, das Auto, das Telefon. 
    English Something new had emerged, something that shrank the world like the railway, the car, the telephone.

Present Subj.

-

Imperf. Subj.

-

Imperative

-

Infinitive

  • Der technische Fortschritt hat die Entfernungen schrumpfen lassen. 
    English Technical progress has shrunk distances.

Participle

  • Wer hat meine Hemden geschrumpft ? 
    English Who shrank my shirts?
  • Jemand hat das Sonnensystem geschrumpft . 
    English Someone has shrunk the solar system.
  • Die Einkommen der Spanier sind spürbar geschrumpft . 
    English The incomes of the Spaniards have noticeably shrunk.
  • Die Staatseinnahmen sind extrem geschrumpft . 
    English State revenues have shrunk extremely.
  • Unser Bestand an Bleistiften ist merklich geschrumpft . 
    English Our stock of pencils has noticeably shrunk.

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Indicative

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  • Die griechische Wirtschaft schrumpft weiter. 
    English The Greek economy continues to shrink.
  • Seine Ansprüche stiegen in dem Maße, in dem seine Möglichkeiten schrumpften . 
    English His demands increased to the extent that his possibilities shrank.
  • Der Apfel schrumpfte aufgrund seines Alters. 
    English The apple shrank due to its age.
  • Das Budget schrumpfte stetig, sodass die Finanzierung des Projekts in Gefahr geriet. 
    English The budget shrank steadily, so the financing of the project was in danger.
  • Die Stadtbevölkerung schrumpfte um ein Drittel. 
    English The population of the city dropped by a third.
  • Das Obst schrumpft , wenn man es lange lagert. 
    English The fruit shrinks when stored for a long time.
  • Der Tschadsee schrumpft mehr und mehr. 
    English Lake Chad is shrinking more and more.
  • Chinas Bilanz-Plus schrumpft dagegen, weil die Exporte wegbrechen. 
    English China's surplus balance, on the other hand, is shrinking because exports are collapsing.
  • Etwas Neues war entstanden, etwas, das die Welt schrumpfte wie die Eisenbahn, das Auto, das Telefon. 
    English Something new had emerged, something that shrank the world like the railway, the car, the telephone.

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Subjunctive

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Conditional (würde)

Conditional (würde)

Imperative

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Translation of German schrumpfen


German schrumpfen
English shrink, diminish, atrophy, contract, dwindle to, shrivel, wither, decrease
Russian уменьшаться, сокращаться, сморщиваться, УМЕНЬШАТЬСЯ, сморщиться, сократиться, сокращать, уменьшать
Spanish disminuir, encoger, encogerse, reducirse, reducir
French diminuer, baisser, décroître, fondre, réduire, s'amoindrir, s'atrophier, se contracter
Turkish azalmak, büzülmek, küçülmek, daralmak
Portuguese diminuir, encolher, contrair-se, mingar, mirrar
Italian diminuire, ridursi, accartocciarsi, assottigliarsi, atrofizzarsi, avvizzire, contrarsi, raggrinzirsi
Romanian micșora, se micșora, se reduce, reducere
Hungarian sorvad, csökken, összezsugorodik, kisebbé válik, zsugorodik
Polish kurczyć się, zmniejszać się, marszczyć się, pomarszczyć się, skurczyć się, spadać, spaść, zanikać
Greek συρρικνώνομαι, μειώνομαι, μαζεύω, μπαίνω, συστέλλομαι, μειώνω, μικραίνω, συρρικνώνω
Dutch dalen, slinken, verminderen, verschrompelen, krimpen, afnemen, verkleinen
Czech scvrkat se, scvrkatknout se, ubýt, ubývat, zmenšit, zmenšovat se, scvrkávat se
Swedish krympa, skrumpna, minska, skrympa, skrumpla
Danish få rynker, krybe ind, skrumpe ind, skrumpe, formindske, formindskes
Japanese 縮む, 小さくなる, 減少する
Catalan disminuir, encongir-se, encolir-se, reduir-se, reduir
Finnish kutistua, pienentyä
Norwegian skrumpe, minke
Basque txikitu, murriztu
Serbian smanjiti se, skratiti, skupiti se, smanjiti, smanjivati
Macedonian намалува, намалување, смалува, собира
Slovenian manjšati se, krčiti se, manjšati, skrčiti se
Slowakisch zmenšiť, zmenšiť sa, zmenšovať sa, zúžiť
Bosnian smanjiti se, skratiti se, smanjiti, smanjivati
Croatian smanjiti se, skratiti, skratiti se, smanjiti, smanjivati
Ukrainian зменшувати, зменшуватися, сжати, усихати
Bulgarian намалявам, свивам, свивам се
Belorussian зменшацца, зменшыцца, зменшыць, змяншацца
Hebrewלהתכווץ، להצטמצם، להתקטן
Arabicانكمش، تقلص، يتقلص، ينكمش، ينقص
Persianکوچک شدن، کاهش یافتن، کاهش اندازه
Urduچھوٹا ہونا، سائز میں کمی، چھوٹا کرنا، کم کرنا، کم ہونا

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* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 687977, 241497, 241497, 241497, 139936

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 1293502, 1587781, 2140647, 1293500, 6811727, 2798474, 1880076, 2983371, 2983376

* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 241497, 241497, 241497

* Synonyms come partly from OpenThesaurus (openthesaurus.de) and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license: schrumpfen

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