Dual or Variable Prefixes! D7 ?# G5 r. l; G- s9 Y: R
Separable/Inseparable Prefixes* l; W+ @. C4 l0 j' H9 b; L6 F
(Can be either one or the other)PrefixMeaningExamplesdurch-throughdurchdringen (sep., penetrate)1 M& g6 I6 y! b2 ^* p
durchfahren (sep., drive through)
t7 d$ t' L% A3 W/ q! fdurchfressen (insep., eat through [acid, rust, etc.])hinter-behindhinterlassen (insep., leave; bequeath)
. n( U2 l2 @# m' p% xhinterlassen (sep., allow s.o. to go behind)über-over, acrossüberfahren (insep., run over)
* b b0 M9 b6 e/ U, H9 W: A9 füberfahren (sep., ferry across, cross over)
1 o F7 \/ k; | B: |überfallen (insep., attack, hold up [a bank])/ [ M7 z% r. P
übersetzen (insep., translate)1 z- `6 r0 e" {4 v+ Z" w
übersetzen (sep., ferry across)
8 A6 y+ r# g! \3 Tüberwinden (insep., overcome)um-aroundumarmen (insep., embrace, hug)
. \! c/ ? l% c7 humbauen (sep., renovate, convert)/ M$ L4 D! a. F L% {# c
umbauen (insep., enclose, surround): t& B2 h7 K" X- o
umbinden (sep., tie on). _, v/ H7 s6 o
umkehren (sep., turn back, turn inside out)- \- w9 w( S# H# G3 j
umschreiben (sep., rewrite, transcribe)% m/ D6 M% j1 G. t5 n- I9 Y
umschreiben (insep., paraphrase, outline; skate around [fig.])- S& y5 N8 d/ J4 Y' n( Y9 X& P
umziehen (sep., move [to new residence], change [clothes])unter-downunterbrechen (insep., interrupt, disconnect)2 Q5 N: {; D% Q h9 {
unterbringen (sep., accomodate) C @7 d: k; x4 d$ g) A
unterdrücken (insep., oppress, repress, suppress)( U$ m( C% A! S# Y+ H: H
untergehen (sep., sink, perish)- R$ [! X$ f! W( a# V/ S( `
unternehmen (insep., do, undertake)
6 s0 }" q( x/ w1 Q+ Q' C" dunterwerfen (insep., conquer, subjugate)
2 x) `% @: n+ D' j. `unterzeichnen (insep., sign [a document])wider-against, re-widerklingen (sep., resound)
( S1 R- L2 h* k' b$ R( l# swiderlegen (insep., refute, disprove)
9 F7 u, L( u, n) ?. j! Hwiderraten (insep., advise/counsel against)
& g/ [. X, p2 m" Dwidersprechen (insep., contradict)5 x K& b! J0 x3 V9 @0 q
widertönen (sep., echo)wieder-againwiedergeben (insep., restore, give back; recite, perform; represent, reproduce, convey)$ n4 |6 ]- ~- ]9 \0 i) v, X
wiederkehren (sep., return, repeat, recur)
( p [) V) a. a2 A W* l- N: Twiedersehen (sep., see/meet again); K9 g3 s6 Y( I9 d; c% v! b
Note: All of the dual verb prefixes are stressed when separable, unstressed when inseparable: übersetzen (ferry across) vs. übersetzen (translate). |