мёрзнуть

uncommon #9459

verbimperfective perfective is замёрзнуть

1.
to feel cold, to be cold, to freeze
Я мёрзну без ша́пки.
I'm cold without a hat.
The everyday sense: said of people who are cold; often with a body part as subject.
2.
to freeze, to freeze through, to be killed by frost
Цветы́ на балко́не мёрзнут.
The flowers on the balcony are freezing.
Of things exposed to frost; of plants it means they are ruined by the cold.

Examples

Я мёрзну в э́той ко́мнате, Синди. Я больше не переношу́ хо́лод.
I’m freezing in this room, Cindy. I can’t stand the cold anymore.
Подоткнутый край одеяла не давал ногам мерзнуть.
The tucked-in edge of the blanket kept the feet from getting cold.
Короткошёрстые собаки мерзнут зимой на улице.
Short-haired dogs get cold outside in winter.
Вы мёрзнете?
Are you freezing?
Люди, припасающие дрова летом, зимой не мерзнут.
People who put aside firewood in summer do not freeze in winter.
Откидывавший одеяло больной снова мерз.
The patient who had thrown off the blanket was cold again.
Человек, заготовивший дрова летом, зимой не мерзнет.
The man who had prepared firewood in the summer does not suffer from the cold in winter.
Я очень зябкая, всегда мерзну в офисе.
I get cold very easily; I’m always freezing in the office.

Imperative
ты	мёрзни
вы	мёрзните

Active present	мёрзнущий	feeling cold, freezing, shivery
Active past	мёрзнувший	freezing, having been cold, chilled
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	мёрзнув мёрзнувши	while doing (past)

LockedUnlock full word family

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
мёрзнуть	-	to feel cold; to freeze
замёрзнуть	за-	to freeze; to freeze over; to freeze to death
намёрзнуть	на-	to freeze
намёрзнуться	на-	to get thoroughly cold