Vocabulary
verschollen
· adjective
lost, missing (without trace for a long time)
In the news and in history books: people, ships, letters or works of art that nobody has found for a long time — „seit 1945 verschollen“.
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verschollen
lost, missing (without trace for a long time)
Ihre Werke, so hieß es weiter, gälten als verschollen.
Her works, the footnote went on, were considered lost.
Word family
verschollender/die Verschollenemissing personverschallen(old) to die away, to fade — verschollen is its past participle
Common combinations
- als verschollen geltento be considered lost
- seit Jahren verschollen seinto have been missing for years
- ein verschollenes Gemäldea lost painting
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
vermisstverloren
Real examples
- Ihre Werke, so hieß es weiter, gälten als verschollen.Her works, the footnote went on, were considered lost.
- Das kleine Flugzeug ist seit drei Tagen verschollen.The small plane has been missing for three days.
- Im Archiv tauchte ein verschollenes Manuskript wieder auf.A lost manuscript turned up again in the archive.
