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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-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, 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 / RaumRaumBaxter, Stephen© 2000 by Stephen Baxter© 2002 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Verlag UllsteinHeyneList GmbH & Co. KG, MünchenSpaceBaxter, 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 ImperiumDas ImperiumAnderson, Kevin© 2002 by WordFire Inc.© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KGHidden EmpireAnderson, 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 / RaumvogelRaumvogelWhite, James© 1993 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co.SpacebirdWhite, 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 SonnenGefallene SonnenAnderson, Kevin© 2006 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.Scattered SunsAnderson, 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-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, 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 / GenesisGenesisAnderson, Poul© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust© für die deutschsprachige Ausgabe 2001 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch GladbachGenesisAnderson, 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 / RaumvogelRaumvogelWhite, James© 1993 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co.SpacebirdWhite, 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
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Past | crumbled |
Imperative | crumble |
Present Participle (Participle I) | crumbling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | crumbled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I crumble | we crumble |
you crumble | you crumble |
he/she/it crumbles | they crumble |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am crumbling | we are crumbling |
you are crumbling | you are crumbling |
he/she/it is crumbling | they are crumbling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have crumbled | we have crumbled |
you have crumbled | you have crumbled |
he/she/it has crumbled | they have crumbled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been crumbling | we have been crumbling |
you have been crumbling | you have been crumbling |
he/she/it has been crumbling | they have been crumbling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I crumbled | we crumbled |
you crumbled | you crumbled |
he/she/it crumbled | they crumbled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was crumbling | we were crumbling |
you were crumbling | you were crumbling |
he/she/it was crumbling | they were crumbling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had crumbled | we had crumbled |
you had crumbled | you had crumbled |
he/she/it had crumbled | they had crumbled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been crumbling | we had been crumbling |
you had been crumbling | you had been crumbling |
he/she/it had been crumbling | they had been crumbling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will crumble | we shall/will crumble |
you will crumble | you will crumble |
he/she/it will crumble | they will crumble |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be crumbling | we shall/will be crumbling |
you will be crumbling | you will be crumbling |
he/she/it will be crumbling | they will be crumbling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have crumbled | we shall/will have crumbled |
you will have crumbled | you will have crumbled |
he/she/it will have crumbled | they will have crumbled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been crumbling | we shall/will have been crumbling |
you will have been crumbling | you will have been crumbling |
he/she/it will have been crumbling | they will have been crumbling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would crumble | we should/would crumble |
you would crumble | you would crumble |
he/she/it would crumble | they would crumble |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be crumbling | we should/would be crumbling |
you would be crumbling | you would be crumbling |
he/she/it would be crumbling | they would be crumbling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have crumbled | we should/would have crumbled |
you would have crumbled | you would have crumbled |
he/she/it would have crumbled | they would have crumbled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been crumbling | we should/would have been crumbling |
you would have been crumbling | you would have been crumbling |
he/she/it would have been crumbling | they would have been crumbling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am crumbled | we are crumbled |
you are crumbled | you are crumbled |
he/she/it is crumbled | they are crumbled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being crumbled | we are being crumbled |
you are being crumbled | you are being crumbled |
he/she/it is being crumbled | they are being crumbled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been crumbled | we have been crumbled |
you have been crumbled | you have been crumbled |
he/she/it has been crumbled | they have been crumbled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was crumbled | we were crumbled |
you were crumbled | you were crumbled |
he/she/it was crumbled | they were crumbled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being crumbled | we were being crumbled |
you were being crumbled | you were being crumbled |
he/she/it was being crumbled | they were being crumbled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been crumbled | we had been crumbled |
you had been crumbled | you had been crumbled |
he/she/it had been crumbled | they had been crumbled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be crumbled | we shall/will be crumbled |
you will be crumbled | you will be crumbled |
he/she/it will be crumbled | they will be crumbled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been crumbled | we shall/will have been crumbled |
you will have been crumbled | you will have been crumbled |
he/she/it will have been crumbled | they will have been crumbled |