Part of speech
Verb
Difficulty level
Level C1
Text:Die Hoffnung schwindet.
Translation:The hope fades.
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schwinden is a word of the German language with a translation into English: to fade / to diminish. Part of speech — Verb. Difficulty level — C1. This page gathers all the key information about the word: its meaning, examples of use in living speech, pronunciation, and — for nouns — gender (der, die, das) and forms that help you memorize the word for the long term.
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