rotten
/ˈrɔtən/ verb C2- To rot, to decay. · Das Holz ist feucht und rottet langsam vor sich hin, aber es trägt das Dach. The wood is damp and slowly rotting, but it supports the roof.· Aber wie so oft in Hamburg regte sich Widerstand erst, als ein jahrelang rottender Bau kommerziell genutzt werden sollte. But as so often in Hamburg, opposition only rose when a building that had been rotting for years was going to be used commercially.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- rotten
- Present (er)
- rottet
- Präteritum (er)
- rottete
- Perfekt (er)
- hat gerottet
- Infinitive with zu
- zu rotten
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