How do you correctly say "to evaporate" in German?
I went to the dictionary, but it says that "to evaporate" can be verdampfen, abdampfen, bedampfen, aufdampfen and eindampfen (among other things). I would like to know if they all really mean "to evaporate" or if they mean "to evaporate" under different conditions.
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verdampfen = evaporate by heating in general
abdampfen, eindampfen = evaporate the solvent of a solution to seperate the parts or to get rid of the solvent
bedampfen, aufdampfen = deposit some material onto a surface by evaporation
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The words are nearly equal.
Das Wasser verdampft. (Wasser über dem Siedepunkt).
Das Wasser verdunstet. (Der Tau verdunstet durch die Sonne).
It is important in which context you use the word.
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