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People drown themselves just to stop the pain.'
Manche Leute ertränken sich, nur um die Qualen zu beenden."
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark / Last Chance to SeeAdams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark / Die letzten ihrer Art
Die letzten ihrer Art
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark
© Serious Productions Limited and Mark Carwardine, 1990
© der deutschen Ausgabe 1991 by Rogner & Bernhard, Hamburg
Last Chance to See
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark
© 1990 Serious Productions Ltd. and Mark Carwardine
There was no way he was going to club the guy to death or drown him in the bathtub or garrote him, like they occasionally did in the movies.
Mit einer schlechten Waffe hatte er keine Chance. Er würde den Kerl auf keinen Fall zu Tode prügeln, in der Badewanne ersäufen oder erwürgen, wie sie das gelegentlich im Kino zeigten.
Cook, Robin / SeizureCook, Robin / Die Operation
Die Operation
Cook, Robin
© der Originalausgabe 2003 by Robin Cook
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
Seizure
Cook, Robin
© 2003 by Robin Cook
She closed her eyes, trying to drown out the gasps she heard in the room. As if granting a benevolent favor, the hydrogue emissary continued, " 'We will allow a brief but sufficient time for the withdrawal of all skymines.
Die alte Botschafterin schloss kurz die Augen und hörte kaum das entrüstete Schnaufen des Vorsitzenden. >»Wir räumen Ihnen eine kurze, aber ausreichende Frist für den Rückzug aller Himmelsminen ein.
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.
"Bitches don't drown, they just float a while till the water gets shallower, shallower, until there's just damp, hot, soft, fine sand."
"Nutten ersaufen nicht, sie treiben einfach so dahin, bis das Wasser seichter wird, seichter, bis plötzlich nur noch feuchter, heißer, weicher, feiner Sand da ist."
Mingus, Charles / Beneath the UnderdogMingus, Charles / Beneath The Underdog
Beneath The Underdog
Mingus, Charles
© 1971 by Charles Mingus und Nel King
© fur die deutsche Ausgabe 1980, 2002
Beneath the Underdog
Mingus, Charles
© 1971 by Charles Mingus and Nel King
In the three dummy villages the Republican Guards were drowned in the roar of the jet engines erupting from nowhere over their heads, jumped from their bunks, and ran to their weapons.
In den drei Scheindörfern schreckten die Männer der Republikanischen Garde von dem ohrenbetäubenden Düsenlärm hoch, der plötzlich aus dem Nichts über sie hereinbrach, sprangen aus ihren Feldbetten und rannten zu ihren Waffen.
Forsyth, Frederick / The fist of godForsyth, Frederick / Die Faust Gottes
Die Faust Gottes
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1994 by Transworld Publisher Ltd., London
© 1994 by C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München
The fist of god
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1995 by Bantam Books
She sounded as if she'd soon be drowning in them!
Es klang, als würde sie bald in ihnen ertrinken!
Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, Cornelia
©2007 Dressler Verlag
©2008 Anthea Bell
His actions weren't the cool and considered ways of a skilled Chairman. They seemed like the actions of a drowning man grasping at any straw.
Er agierte nicht mehr kühl und überlegt wie ein geschickter Vorsitzender, sondern wie ein Ertrinkender, der nach dem letzten Strohhalm griff.
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.
"I was drowning.
»Ich bin ertrunken.
Alexander, Lloyd / WestmarkAlexander, Lloyd / Aufruhr in Westmark
Aufruhr in Westmark
Alexander, Lloyd
© 1981 by Lloyd Alexander
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
Westmark
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1981
Judas, we don't want a battle - Whiteness flared in the screens, momentarily drowning the constellations.
Dann flackerten die Bildschirme grell auf.
Anderson, Poul / Satan's WorldAnderson, Poul / Die Satanswelt
Die Satanswelt
Anderson, Poul
© 1969 by Poul Anderson
Satan's World
Anderson, Poul
© 1968 by Conde Nast Publications Inc.
© 1969 by Poul Anderson
He was breathing hard, as if he were drowning.
Er atmete schwer, als wäre er am Ersticken.
Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
© 2003 by Dressler Verlag
© 2003 by The Chicken House
Where are the golden days when we were lads? All that is good ia drowned and swept away by this torrent that whirls along, devastating the country.
Wird sie nicht, wie eine zarte Pflanze, die vergebens ihr welkes Haupt nach den finstern Wolken wendet, hinter denen die Sonne verschwand, dahinsterben?
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 thrashed at them as hail thrashes a grainfield; like a hurricane, he scattered the rabble and drowned them in a grand purifying deluge of distilled water.
Wie Hagel auf ein Kornfeld drosch er auf sie ein, wie ein Orkan zerstäubte er das Geluder und ersäufte es in einer riesigen reinigenden Sintflut destillierten Wassers.
Suskind, Patrick / Perfume. The story of a murdererSüskind, Patrick / Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines Morders
Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines Morders
Süskind, Patrick
© 1985 Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Suskind, Patrick
© 1986 by Alfred A. Knopf
© 1985 by Diogenes Verlag AG
The old sailor said that to see such a vision meant death, ere long, in the waves; and in fact he did very soon after fall overboard, no one knew exactly how, and was drowned without possibility of rescue.
Ein solches Gesicht, meinte der alte Seemann, bedeute den baldigen Tod in den Wellen, und wirklich stürzte er auch bald darauf unversehens von dem Verdeck in das Meer und war rettungslos verschwunden.
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.
Orpheus thought he could already feel the sword between his shoulder blades: After all, he himself had stoked the Bluejay's bloodlust, drowning him in anger and helpless rage.
Orpheus glaubte das Schwert schon zwischen den Schulterblättern zu spüren: Schließlich hatte er selbst in ihm die Blutlust geschürt und ihn in Zorn und hilfloser Wut ertränkt.
Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, Cornelia
©2007 Dressler Verlag
©2008 Anthea Bell
Some it peeled open, or broke apart with the meteoroidal chunks of solid matter it bore along, or drowned in the spume-filled air farther down.
Andere brachen auseinander, und wieder andere trudelten in die Tiefe und zerschellten an den Bergklippen.
Anderson, Poul / Satan's WorldAnderson, Poul / Die Satanswelt
Die Satanswelt
Anderson, Poul
© 1969 by Poul Anderson
Satan's World
Anderson, Poul
© 1968 by Conde Nast Publications Inc.
© 1969 by Poul Anderson

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Collocations

was drowned
ertrank
were drowned
ertranken
being drowned
ertrinkend
like a drowned rat
pudelnass
drowned in tears
tränenüberströmt
look like a drowned rat
wie ein begossener Pudel aussehen

Word forms

drown

verb
Basic forms
Pastdrowned
Imperativedrown
Present Participle (Participle I)drowning
Past Participle (Participle II)drowned
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I drownwe drown
you drownyou drown
he/she/it drownsthey drown
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am drowningwe are drowning
you are drowningyou are drowning
he/she/it is drowningthey are drowning
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have drownedwe have drowned
you have drownedyou have drowned
he/she/it has drownedthey have drowned
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been drowningwe have been drowning
you have been drowningyou have been drowning
he/she/it has been drowningthey have been drowning
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I drownedwe drowned
you drownedyou drowned
he/she/it drownedthey drowned
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was drowningwe were drowning
you were drowningyou were drowning
he/she/it was drowningthey were drowning
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had drownedwe had drowned
you had drownedyou had drowned
he/she/it had drownedthey had drowned
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been drowningwe had been drowning
you had been drowningyou had been drowning
he/she/it had been drowningthey had been drowning
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will drownwe shall/will drown
you will drownyou will drown
he/she/it will drownthey will drown
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be drowningwe shall/will be drowning
you will be drowningyou will be drowning
he/she/it will be drowningthey will be drowning
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have drownedwe shall/will have drowned
you will have drownedyou will have drowned
he/she/it will have drownedthey will have drowned
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been drowningwe shall/will have been drowning
you will have been drowningyou will have been drowning
he/she/it will have been drowningthey will have been drowning
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would drownwe should/would drown
you would drownyou would drown
he/she/it would drownthey would drown
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be drowningwe should/would be drowning
you would be drowningyou would be drowning
he/she/it would be drowningthey would be drowning
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have drownedwe should/would have drowned
you would have drownedyou would have drowned
he/she/it would have drownedthey would have drowned
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been drowningwe should/would have been drowning
you would have been drowningyou would have been drowning
he/she/it would have been drowningthey would have been drowning
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am drownedwe are drowned
you are drownedyou are drowned
he/she/it is drownedthey are drowned
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being drownedwe are being drowned
you are being drownedyou are being drowned
he/she/it is being drownedthey are being drowned
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been drownedwe have been drowned
you have been drownedyou have been drowned
he/she/it has been drownedthey have been drowned
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was drownedwe were drowned
you were drownedyou were drowned
he/she/it was drownedthey were drowned
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being drownedwe were being drowned
you were being drownedyou were being drowned
he/she/it was being drownedthey were being drowned
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been drownedwe had been drowned
you had been drownedyou had been drowned
he/she/it had been drownedthey had been drowned
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be drownedwe shall/will be drowned
you will be drownedyou will be drowned
he/she/it will be drownedthey will be drowned
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been drownedwe shall/will have been drowned
you will have been drownedyou will have been drowned
he/she/it will have been drownedthey will have been drowned