disappearance

Verschwinden

Das Ereignis, bei dem jemand oder etwas vermisst wird, weggeht oder aufhört zu existieren.

In einfachem Englisch: An event in which someone or something goes missing, goes away, or stops existing.

• Nobody could explain his disappearance.
• Police investigated the disappearance of two children.
• The disappearance of local shops has changed the town.

So benutzt man es: disappearance of someone/something (Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman.)

Synonyme: vanishing

Gegenteile: appearance

Häufige Wendungen: sudden disappearance, mysterious disappearance, disappearance of something, gradual disappearance

Verschwinden

Der Moment oder Vorgang, in dem jemand oder etwas nicht mehr zu sehen ist.

In einfachem Englisch: The moment or process of becoming impossible to see.

• We watched the ship’s disappearance into the fog.
• Her disappearance behind the curtain ended the scene.
• The moon’s disappearance behind clouds left us in darkness.

So benutzt man es: disappearance behind something (We watched the sun’s disappearance behind the hills.)

Synonyme: vanishing

Gegenteile: appearance

Häufige Wendungen: disappearance from view, disappearance behind something