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The spectators noticed now that it was beginning to crumble into dust. The appearance of petrifaction had been deceptive.
Man bemerkte, daß der Körper des Unglücklichen, der fälschlicherweise für versteinert gehalten, in Staub zu zerfallen begann.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
All over Venus, she thought, the rocks must simply be rotting in place, waiting for a nudge to crumble and fall.
Auf der ganzen Venus musste das Gestein verrotten, sagte sie sich, und auf einen Anstoß warten, durch den es zerbröselte und zerfiel.
Baxter, Stephen / SpaceBaxter, Stephen / Raum
Raum
Baxter, Stephen
© 2000 by Stephen Baxter
© 2002 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Verlag UllsteinHeyneList GmbH & Co. KG, München
Space
Baxter, Stephen
© 2001 by Stephen Baxter
Incautious as always, Louis reached out with a gentle fingertip to brush the alien's twisted forelimb, and a portion of the gray-brown body armor crumbled into powder.
Louis war so unvorsichtig wie immer und berührte mit der Fingerkuppe das verdrehte Vorderbein des fremden Wesens -ein Teil des graubraunen Körperpanzers zerfiel zu Staub.
Anderson, Kevin / Hidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin / Das Imperium
Das Imperium
Anderson, Kevin
© 2002 by WordFire Inc.
© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG
Hidden Empire
Anderson, Kevin
© 2002 by WordFire, Inc.
Patiently they painted both objects and their immediate surroundings with the cutting torches, brushing away the crumbling layers of coating until it was wafer thin.
Geduldig strichen sie mit den Schweißbrennern über beide Rankenfüßer und deren unmittelbare Umgebung und wischten die bröckeligen Schichten des Überzugs ab, bis er hauchdünn war.
White, James / SpacebirdWhite, James / Raumvogel
Raumvogel
White, James
© 1993 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co.
Spacebird
White, James
© 2002 by the Estate of James White
© 1980 by James White
She stood in the middle of what had been the central square, listening to the wind make soft whispers through the fallen timbers and crumbling foundations.
Nira stand in der Mitte des ehemaligen zentralen Platzes und hörte, wie der Wind in den Ruinen der Gebäude flüsterte.
Anderson, Kevin / Scattered SunsAnderson, Kevin / Gefallene Sonnen
Gefallene Sonnen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2006 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
Scattered Suns
Anderson, Kevin
© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
But Adelgunda had scarcely reached the old crumbling arches, when she suddenly stopped, and stood as if paralyzed in every limb.
Aber kaum ist Adelgunde an das alte halb eingefallene Gewölbe gekommen, als sie erstarrt - gelähmt an allen Gliedern stehen bleibt.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
He had passed by towns not very far south, flourishing in his grandfather's time, now empty, crumbling houses half buried in dust, glassless windows like the eye sockets in a skull.
Nicht weit im Süden war er durch Städte gekommen, die zu Lebzeiten seines Großvaters geblüht hatten und nun aus verfallenden, leeren Häusern bestanden, halb vom Sand begaben; die glaslosen Fenster wirkten wie die Augenhöhlen eines Totenschädels.
Anderson, Poul / GenesisAnderson, Poul / Genesis
Genesis
Anderson, Poul
© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust
© für die deutschsprachige Ausgabe 2001 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach
Genesis
Anderson, Poul
© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust
At high temperatures the surface crumbles, the ashy deposit can be scraped or blown away and heat again applied.
Bei hohen Temperaturen zerbröckelt die Oberfläche, die Aschenablagerung kann man abkratzen oder wegblasen, um der Substanz dann erneut Hitze zuzuführen.
White, James / SpacebirdWhite, James / Raumvogel
Raumvogel
White, James
© 1993 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co.
Spacebird
White, James
© 2002 by the Estate of James White
© 1980 by James White

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that's the way the cookie crumbles
so läuft der hase
crumbling of prices
Preisabfall

Word forms

crumble

verb
Basic forms
Pastcrumbled
Imperativecrumble
Present Participle (Participle I)crumbling
Past Participle (Participle II)crumbled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I crumblewe crumble
you crumbleyou crumble
he/she/it crumblesthey crumble
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am crumblingwe are crumbling
you are crumblingyou are crumbling
he/she/it is crumblingthey are crumbling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have crumbledwe have crumbled
you have crumbledyou have crumbled
he/she/it has crumbledthey have crumbled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been crumblingwe have been crumbling
you have been crumblingyou have been crumbling
he/she/it has been crumblingthey have been crumbling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I crumbledwe crumbled
you crumbledyou crumbled
he/she/it crumbledthey crumbled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was crumblingwe were crumbling
you were crumblingyou were crumbling
he/she/it was crumblingthey were crumbling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had crumbledwe had crumbled
you had crumbledyou had crumbled
he/she/it had crumbledthey had crumbled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been crumblingwe had been crumbling
you had been crumblingyou had been crumbling
he/she/it had been crumblingthey had been crumbling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will crumblewe shall/will crumble
you will crumbleyou will crumble
he/she/it will crumblethey will crumble
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be crumblingwe shall/will be crumbling
you will be crumblingyou will be crumbling
he/she/it will be crumblingthey will be crumbling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have crumbledwe shall/will have crumbled
you will have crumbledyou will have crumbled
he/she/it will have crumbledthey will have crumbled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been crumblingwe shall/will have been crumbling
you will have been crumblingyou will have been crumbling
he/she/it will have been crumblingthey will have been crumbling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would crumblewe should/would crumble
you would crumbleyou would crumble
he/she/it would crumblethey would crumble
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be crumblingwe should/would be crumbling
you would be crumblingyou would be crumbling
he/she/it would be crumblingthey would be crumbling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have crumbledwe should/would have crumbled
you would have crumbledyou would have crumbled
he/she/it would have crumbledthey would have crumbled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been crumblingwe should/would have been crumbling
you would have been crumblingyou would have been crumbling
he/she/it would have been crumblingthey would have been crumbling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am crumbledwe are crumbled
you are crumbledyou are crumbled
he/she/it is crumbledthey are crumbled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being crumbledwe are being crumbled
you are being crumbledyou are being crumbled
he/she/it is being crumbledthey are being crumbled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been crumbledwe have been crumbled
you have been crumbledyou have been crumbled
he/she/it has been crumbledthey have been crumbled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was crumbledwe were crumbled
you were crumbledyou were crumbled
he/she/it was crumbledthey were crumbled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being crumbledwe were being crumbled
you were being crumbledyou were being crumbled
he/she/it was being crumbledthey were being crumbled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been crumbledwe had been crumbled
you had been crumbledyou had been crumbled
he/she/it had been crumbledthey had been crumbled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be crumbledwe shall/will be crumbled
you will be crumbledyou will be crumbled
he/she/it will be crumbledthey will be crumbled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been crumbledwe shall/will have been crumbled
you will have been crumbledyou will have been crumbled
he/she/it will have been crumbledthey will have been crumbled