verhallen

German

Etymology

From ver- +‎ hallen.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧hal‧len

Verb

verhallen (weak, third-person singular present verhallt, past tense verhallte, past participle verhallt, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive, of sound) to (echo and then) die away
    Synonyms: verklingen, abklingen
    Ihre Worte verhallen ungehört.
    Their words die away unheard.
    Nachdem die Schüsse verhallt waren, war alles still.
    The gunshots having died away, everything was silent.

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Further reading

  • verhallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verhallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verhallen” in Duden online