Verbrennt

Verbrennt is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb verbrennen, meaning to burn or burn up. It indicates that a subject is currently undergoing combustion. The sense covers burning in a flame as well as incineration or destruction by fire, and is distinct from the more general Brennen used for a steady flame.

Origin and form: The verb combines the stem verbrenn- with the present-tense ending -t for the third person singular. It comes from the verb brennen with the prefix ver-, which in many German verbs signals change of state or destruction, giving the sense of burning up or consuming completely. The present-tense conjugation is: ich verbrenne, du verbrennst, er verbrennt, wir verbrennen, ihr verbrennt, sie verbrennen. The past participle is verbrannt; the present perfect can be formed with ist verbrannt or hat verbrannt, depending on nuance.

Usage: In everyday German, verbrennen is used for fires, stoves, engines, and accidents, and it also appears in scientific contexts to describe combustion. It can be used transitively (etwas verbrennen) or intransitively (etwas verbrennt). Metaphorically, it can describe consuming resources or time. Example sentences: Der Brennstoff verbrennt schnell im Ofen. Das Holz verbrennt langsam im Kamin. Translation: The fuel burns quickly in the oven. The wood burns slowly in the fireplace.