svinde

svinde
vb (svandt, svundet)
(aftage, mindskes) decrease,
F decline ( fx his influence (, strength) declined; as the day declined he ...); fade ( fx hope of finding him alive is fading),
(stærkere) dwindle ( fx his hope dwindled);
(skrumpe ind) shrink ( fx meat shrinks in cooking),
(om hævelse) go down ( fx my ankle is going down), decrease ( fx
the swelling decreased daily),
(om lyd, lys: blive svagere) fade (away) ( fx the colours of the sky began to fade; the voices faded away into the distance), die away;
(om tid: hengå) pass;
[svindende kræfter] ebbing (el. waning) strength;
(se også svunden);
[ med præp & adv:]
[svinde bort, svinde hen] fade away,
(om tid) pass,
(se også ndf: svinde ind);
[det svandt i beholdningerne] the stocks dwindled (el. shrank),
(stærkt) the stocks began to give out (, F: were depleted);
[svinde ind] decrease ( fx the population of the village had decreased to a few hundred people),
(hen imod komplet forsvinden) dwindle ( fx the boat dwindled to a speck; his great fortune dwindled rapidly);
(skrumpe ind) shrink ( fx metal shrinks when cooling; business at his shop has (, their earnings have) shrunk almost to nothing);
(om person: svækkes) fade away ( fx during his illness he faded away to nothing).

Danish-English dictionary. 2013.

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  • svinde — svin|de vb., r, svandt, svundet (foran fælleskønsord svunden el. svundet), svundne (jf. §31 34); en svunden el. svundet tid; et svundet øjeblik; svundne tider …   Dansk ordbog

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