Dual or Variable Prefixes
% U6 _) @/ `) u2 F/ v* W Separable/Inseparable Prefixes3 U, _5 k( Q1 C9 x( G6 x) G
(Can be either one or the other)
& m# ]2 f% [9 p" ]3 _ Prefix Meaning Examples# D" a! @3 q g/ B2 u/ z
durch- through durchdringen (sep., penetrate)3 S; H! M: C! L" e( u9 m# F4 d
durchfahren (sep., drive through)
$ }3 t9 Q+ c( `9 R durchfressen (insep., eat through [acid, rust, etc.])
; r2 D; q; n$ E4 y, {$ |7 u5 M hinter- behind hinterlassen (insep., leave; bequeath). C3 Z: L; r9 ^, T/ q5 W
hinterlassen (sep., allow s.o. to go behind)
7 h" w% U5 F$ t2 w+ l: {" M über- over, across überfahren (insep., run over)
& L* l9 o3 M% J4 S überfahren (sep., ferry across, cross over)& m0 J1 B5 Z+ ?" `4 E" e
überfallen (insep., attack, hold up [a bank])
9 z6 I" J& i& |2 t übersetzen (insep., translate)
& L& h& L, t) J übersetzen (sep., ferry across)6 r$ u6 ]8 O/ O
überwinden (insep., overcome)
( x1 h c2 F# [" o0 d um- around umarmen (insep., embrace, hug)8 \, z% |8 q k* k: _8 l% Y6 d
umbauen (sep., renovate, convert)
: ^2 v& Z& F% @, f umbauen (insep., enclose, surround)
: y5 U5 O% l% k' g, b) A umbinden (sep., tie on); k T" v2 j% Y/ F5 t
umkehren (sep., turn back, turn inside out)
' ^" Q' B6 ]; r. ?) J umschreiben (sep., rewrite, transcribe)4 l9 F3 s9 H: @4 p, w
umschreiben (insep., paraphrase, outline; skate around [fig.])
$ n- [2 _3 g% |7 @5 f' l8 ^: ^; V# u umziehen (sep., move [to new residence], change [clothes])
) \+ x& [( O8 N unter- down unterbrechen (insep., interrupt, disconnect)
6 @/ B3 h* ]# r: H$ M unterbringen (sep., accomodate)1 a2 g# c6 m! V# ]6 W, E
unterdrücken (insep., oppress, repress, suppress)+ \3 G T4 ~9 o9 M- F
untergehen (sep., sink, perish)& p! i# H, q0 F- l1 A
unternehmen (insep., do, undertake)7 N! O' O. Z6 A4 Q2 B
unterwerfen (insep., conquer, subjugate)3 o- C5 c" S' d$ a, I; u
unterzeichnen (insep., sign [a document])
! ~7 v/ C* r# k8 c4 i# H9 [ wider- against, re- widerklingen (sep., resound)# r4 h' H! b7 P- Q9 b9 o
widerlegen (insep., refute, disprove). e3 ]6 f/ Z1 \4 L5 k' b
widerraten (insep., advise/counsel against); K4 V6 ~0 { _
widersprechen (insep., contradict)4 b0 i$ d: K9 n1 }
widert?nen (sep., echo)8 R# L9 a' j1 K# W2 ?6 R
wieder- again wiedergeben (insep., restore, give back; recite, perform; represent, reproduce, convey)
+ @. b8 n1 U) V wiederkehren (sep., return, repeat, recur)
; U2 k5 \2 ^; Y wiedersehen (sep., see/meet again)
9 Q, J* \5 V; g8 O Note: All of the dual verb prefixes are stressed when separable, unstressed when inseparable: übersetzen (ferry across) vs. übersetzen (translate). |