Dual or Variable Prefixes
- W$ h& @: i) n, F1 x4 J Separable/Inseparable Prefixes" f0 _3 w m" v7 _# g" |$ Y
(Can be either one or the other)- v3 p; p* ?1 f0 d8 `8 c1 i5 U: g4 i
Prefix Meaning Examples) u/ _8 X% H- M2 F$ A
durch- through durchdringen (sep., penetrate)6 T( l F5 `3 P2 _! V4 L8 Q! P
durchfahren (sep., drive through) I8 C& g! }5 Z% a( o2 p
durchfressen (insep., eat through [acid, rust, etc.])
0 f8 G' M& Y2 ]9 z- s hinter- behind hinterlassen (insep., leave; bequeath)
5 e6 ~% A5 ~1 Q/ F' G1 {) P; | hinterlassen (sep., allow s.o. to go behind)
3 `3 v" c7 ^; k, N über- over, across überfahren (insep., run over)
# h* I6 e( P2 Q: S% T$ ^ überfahren (sep., ferry across, cross over)
: ]1 o# D) f3 e# v9 L2 Q/ f6 N6 Q' | überfallen (insep., attack, hold up [a bank])* a* H A0 T8 w/ S' Q/ _ B
übersetzen (insep., translate)
! ^% x/ {( K0 e) v7 _& ^ übersetzen (sep., ferry across)
4 q5 U8 D) w0 K& ]2 }% W6 F überwinden (insep., overcome)
- S1 H2 R+ n" {3 j um- around umarmen (insep., embrace, hug), o) _% X/ ?- `0 u0 ~) I
umbauen (sep., renovate, convert): b2 p# k: W, j" A/ t
umbauen (insep., enclose, surround); L; k) r3 |" j p0 K
umbinden (sep., tie on)
M, R8 ^: A4 b- f umkehren (sep., turn back, turn inside out)9 ~( L) |+ ?! H" j |
umschreiben (sep., rewrite, transcribe)% Q1 ]! g. o2 |( c6 j, w
umschreiben (insep., paraphrase, outline; skate around [fig.])
' k6 ^3 G A$ }! F j umziehen (sep., move [to new residence], change [clothes]) _" g/ @3 {* k' q5 K, h
unter- down unterbrechen (insep., interrupt, disconnect)
$ h. U* J* E2 X0 }3 T( x: `4 g unterbringen (sep., accomodate)7 A$ o2 `" }3 r9 B% W& D' @
unterdrücken (insep., oppress, repress, suppress)
# B; v& P9 }6 u. Y' u) r untergehen (sep., sink, perish)$ X V+ \/ C. l# T* ~
unternehmen (insep., do, undertake)
, u1 @ @$ ]2 ~* C% c4 z unterwerfen (insep., conquer, subjugate)# R: O3 k0 l$ H+ [: h
unterzeichnen (insep., sign [a document])% g( S! _5 ^# X; @
wider- against, re- widerklingen (sep., resound)8 O1 J' ?% o4 ^/ j3 t+ G
widerlegen (insep., refute, disprove)% m! a+ ?3 _) v# L9 v( y
widerraten (insep., advise/counsel against): Y+ m4 L, E% {8 h; S
widersprechen (insep., contradict)
* O8 q$ A" o' ?4 O widert?nen (sep., echo)6 h& j; d# u3 X1 Y8 x7 I( B
wieder- again wiedergeben (insep., restore, give back; recite, perform; represent, reproduce, convey)* k* X1 H: i% p6 m7 r" @
wiederkehren (sep., return, repeat, recur)# I. O. ^2 I' i& U1 u. b ^
wiedersehen (sep., see/meet again)
8 r" }% w5 ] B7 x Note: All of the dual verb prefixes are stressed when separable, unstressed when inseparable: übersetzen (ferry across) vs. übersetzen (translate). |