Dual or Variable Prefixes
' [( y7 G- q' @9 c$ l/ M0 ~4 ` Separable/Inseparable Prefixes
! h+ `. d. y7 a1 o (Can be either one or the other)
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durch- through durchdringen (sep., penetrate)
! ~ _% h) K6 B durchfahren (sep., drive through)
8 K% g9 _$ O. Z+ V) T durchfressen (insep., eat through [acid, rust, etc.])
8 \9 Z# u1 M" k% ~5 \) C' W6 j2 y hinter- behind hinterlassen (insep., leave; bequeath)
* L; Q/ x u, _ hinterlassen (sep., allow s.o. to go behind)" N9 u8 C4 p2 N/ _8 {& A% I
über- over, across überfahren (insep., run over)
1 {' a6 T( j' X! e% o überfahren (sep., ferry across, cross over)
) J" K7 |" H1 Y# J: J) P9 n. y überfallen (insep., attack, hold up [a bank])
) T; E5 A4 m F übersetzen (insep., translate)
4 y0 c' _- v9 U1 K, K4 Z, q übersetzen (sep., ferry across)& u! e* V: Y7 w1 B
überwinden (insep., overcome)
. y- D( Y, R; i3 B3 s) ~ um- around umarmen (insep., embrace, hug)" a/ I! A$ \- F% o T+ v1 M! s- A
umbauen (sep., renovate, convert)/ s7 G `' Y4 u. i. ?$ c! w
umbauen (insep., enclose, surround)
! a' d j$ U% R! l. J umbinden (sep., tie on)
! W3 x5 I, l. S5 N: t. h' b umkehren (sep., turn back, turn inside out)* z1 T% ?/ u: x, G" V H
umschreiben (sep., rewrite, transcribe)
+ [& W/ Y3 j6 Z3 Z1 k umschreiben (insep., paraphrase, outline; skate around [fig.])
! r# c7 O8 w0 T% N0 `; z umziehen (sep., move [to new residence], change [clothes])9 F- w6 V Y r& w
unter- down unterbrechen (insep., interrupt, disconnect)5 r( Q- ^. K! o6 `& f# \$ d
unterbringen (sep., accomodate)# ^ i; [4 f0 n- E8 N# I- B
unterdrücken (insep., oppress, repress, suppress)
) Q; G, G% `- v7 F8 x untergehen (sep., sink, perish)
7 E. [6 S& U$ p8 B4 h' _) \ unternehmen (insep., do, undertake)( }' E r& @- v
unterwerfen (insep., conquer, subjugate)# j& s$ y' X) d, p
unterzeichnen (insep., sign [a document]), _+ G( p8 Y' v( l+ P2 |( r. n
wider- against, re- widerklingen (sep., resound)
* @. A6 X2 G2 T6 K( p# J widerlegen (insep., refute, disprove)9 i ^+ S0 Q, J; X% \* S" Y c0 J2 r0 u
widerraten (insep., advise/counsel against)! E, N/ u- ^7 U
widersprechen (insep., contradict). s9 u/ L7 u6 \
widert?nen (sep., echo)$ Q- V8 P+ Z- Q, `
wieder- again wiedergeben (insep., restore, give back; recite, perform; represent, reproduce, convey); x, K3 z7 Y4 P
wiederkehren (sep., return, repeat, recur)
. P# ^) I5 d H j9 p) b9 Y wiedersehen (sep., see/meet again)
4 K# g/ M7 j' _, d1 _, B/ k Note: All of the dual verb prefixes are stressed when separable, unstressed when inseparable: übersetzen (ferry across) vs. übersetzen (translate). |