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Detailed Translations for decay from English to German

decay:

to decay verbe (decaies, decayed, decaying)

  1. to decay (fall into decay; disintegrate; crumble; )
    verfallen; verkommen; vergehen
    • verfallen verbe (verfalle, verfallst, verfallt, verfallte, verfalltet, verfallen)
    • verkommen verbe (verkomme, verkommst, verkommt, verkam, verkamt, verkommen)
    • vergehen verbe (vergehe, vergehst, vergeht, vergang, vergangt, vergangen)
  2. to decay (rot; spoil; go bad)
    verfaulen; faulen; abfaulen; wegfaulen
    • verfaulen verbe (verfaule, verfaulst, verfault, verfaulte, verfaultet, verfault)
    • faulen verbe (faule, faulst, fault, faulte, faultet, gefault)
    • abfaulen verbe (faule ab, faulst ab, fault ab, faulte ab, faultet ab, abgefault)
    • wegfaulen verbe (faule weg, faulst weg, fault weg, faulte weg, faultet weg, weggefault)
  3. to decay (deteriorate)
    verfallen; baufällig werden; zerfallen; verkommen; zusammenfallen
    • verfallen verbe (verfalle, verfallst, verfallt, verfallte, verfalltet, verfallen)
    • zerfallen verbe (zerfalle, zerfälst, zerfält, zerfiel, zerfieltet, zerfallen)
    • verkommen verbe (verkomme, verkommst, verkommt, verkam, verkamt, verkommen)
    • zusammenfallen verbe (falle zusammen, fällst zusammen, fällt zusammen, fiel zusammen, fielet zusammen, zusammengefallen)
  4. to decay (rot; deteriorate; perish; )
    ausfaulen; wegfaulen; verfaulen; abfaulen
    • ausfaulen verbe
    • wegfaulen verbe (faule weg, faulst weg, fault weg, faulte weg, faultet weg, weggefault)
    • verfaulen verbe (verfaule, verfaulst, verfault, verfaulte, verfaultet, verfault)
    • abfaulen verbe (faule ab, faulst ab, fault ab, faulte ab, faultet ab, abgefault)
  5. to decay (deteriorate; rot)
    abfaulen
    • abfaulen verbe (faule ab, faulst ab, fault ab, faulte ab, faultet ab, abgefault)

Conjugations for decay:

present
  1. decay
  2. decay
  3. decaies
  4. decay
  5. decay
  6. decay
simple past
  1. decayed
  2. decayed
  3. decayed
  4. decayed
  5. decayed
  6. decayed
present perfect
  1. have decayed
  2. have decayed
  3. has decayed
  4. have decayed
  5. have decayed
  6. have decayed
past continuous
  1. was decaying
  2. were decaying
  3. was decaying
  4. were decaying
  5. were decaying
  6. were decaying
future
  1. shall decay
  2. will decay
  3. will decay
  4. shall decay
  5. will decay
  6. will decay
continuous present
  1. am decaying
  2. are decaying
  3. is decaying
  4. are decaying
  5. are decaying
  6. are decaying
subjunctive
  1. be decayed
  2. be decayed
  3. be decayed
  4. be decayed
  5. be decayed
  6. be decayed
diverse
  1. decay!
  2. let's decay!
  3. decayed
  4. decaying
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

decay [the ~] nom

  1. the decay (deterioration; putrefaction; rotting)
    der Abstieg; der Rückgang; der Verfall; der Schimmel; die Verschlechterung; die Verwesung; die Fäule; der Verderb; die Verluderung
  2. the decay (corruption; deterioration; degeneracy; degeneration; decomposition)
    die Entstellung; die Entartung

Translation Matrix for decay:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Abstieg decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting descending; descent; landing; touchdown
Entartung corruption; decay; decomposition; degeneracy; degeneration; deterioration decadence; decline; degeneracy; degeneration; depravation; deterioration
Entstellung corruption; decay; decomposition; degeneracy; degeneration; deterioration defacement; deformity; disfiguredness; malformation; misshapenness
Fäule decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting hollowness; rancidness; rottenness; skin eruption; sponginess
Rückgang decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting abatement; atavism; caving in; collapse; collapsing; crash; curtailment; cut; cut down expenses; decline; decrease; deduct; diminution; downfall; dwindling; economy; fall; falling down; falling off; finance management; foreshortening; market; recess; reduction; reductions; relapse; retrenchment; reversion; sagging; salary cut; saving; shortening; slackening
Schimmel decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting grey; mildews; moulds; skin eruption; white horse
Verderb decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting depravation; deterioration
Verfall decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting abatement; decadence; decline; depravation; deterioration; rotting
Verluderung decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting depravation; deterioration
Verschlechterung decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting aggravation; change for the worse; depravation; deterioration; worsening
Verwesung decay; deterioration; putrefaction; rotting rotting
- decline; decomposition; disintegration; radioactive decay
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abfaulen be lost; be wrecked; crash; decay; degenerate; deteriorate; fall into decline; go bad; meet an accident; perish; rot; spoil
ausfaulen be lost; be wrecked; crash; decay; degenerate; deteriorate; fall into decline; meet an accident; perish; rot
baufällig werden decay; deteriorate
faulen decay; go bad; rot; spoil be in a state of decomposition; rot
verfallen crumble; decay; deteriorate; disintegrate; fall apart; fall into decay; fall to bits; fall to pieces; go to ruin addict to; clear; clear the table; empty the table
verfaulen be lost; be wrecked; crash; decay; degenerate; deteriorate; fall into decline; go bad; meet an accident; perish; rot; spoil
vergehen crumble; decay; disintegrate; fall apart; fall into decay; fall to bits; fall to pieces; go to ruin be lost; be ruined; be wrecked; come to grief; crash; decline; elapse; expire; fail; go by; meet an accident; meet with disaster; pass; perish
verkommen crumble; decay; deteriorate; disintegrate; fall apart; fall into decay; fall to bits; fall to pieces; go to ruin foul up; mess up; muck up; ruin; upset
wegfaulen be lost; be wrecked; crash; decay; degenerate; deteriorate; fall into decline; go bad; meet an accident; perish; rot; spoil
zerfallen decay; deteriorate break up; collapse; crumble; decline; disintegrate; fall apart; fall to bits; fall to pieces; to break into pieces; to fall into pieces
zusammenfallen decay; deteriorate butt in; cave in; coincide; collapse; come between; converge; correspond; crash; crumble down; intercede; interfere; interrupt; intervene; mediate; relapse; slump; step in; subside; topple down
- crumble; decompose; dilapidate; disintegrate
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- become rotten; decompose; dissolution; get rotten; mouldering; putrefy; rot; waste
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
verkommen churlish; dowdy; grubby; shoddy; sloppy; slovenly

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Related Definitions for "decay":

  1. the organic phenomenon of rotting1
  2. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current1
  3. the process of gradually becoming inferior1
  4. the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation1
  5. an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying1
    • the corpse was in an advanced state of decay1
    • the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair1
  6. fall into decay or ruin1
    • The unoccupied house started to decay1
  7. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current1
  8. undergo decay or decomposition1
    • The body started to decay and needed to be cremated1

Wiktionary Translations for decay:

decay
verb
  1. -
  2. rot
  3. deteriorate
noun
  1. process or result of being gradually decomposed
decay
noun
  1. das Zerfallen; allmähliche Auflösung in die Bestandteile
  2. Physik: die spontane Spaltung eines Atomkerns
  3. allmähliche Zerstörung von Gebäuden oder Gegenständen (auf Grund des Alters, mangelnder Pflege...)
verb
  1. intransitiv: verfaulen, schlecht werden (hauptsächlich von Lebensmitteln)
  1. schlecht werden

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
decay Unannehnlichkeiten tegenspoed — ongeluk, onfortuinlijk
decay Degradierung; Degeneration; Rückbildung; Entartung; Erniedrigung abaissementaction d’abaisser, de s’abaisser, ou résultat de cette action.

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