Dual or Variable Prefixes, N. Y4 Q4 ]9 }, t3 J
Separable/Inseparable Prefixes. c2 C' X5 a ]" _- F: U5 V
(Can be either one or the other)
* \ J! N: z) C Q, G7 S1 \: H Prefix Meaning Examples
+ X" E) y. r# a& L( Z, i* q durch- through durchdringen (sep., penetrate)
+ r1 |# e6 B9 y durchfahren (sep., drive through)2 j: V4 U( L2 D% i+ y
durchfressen (insep., eat through [acid, rust, etc.])! L' @7 w5 p# I$ O+ n; F
hinter- behind hinterlassen (insep., leave; bequeath)
. o9 d! B8 W& a9 ?4 p: ^6 l hinterlassen (sep., allow s.o. to go behind)
3 b/ ?% K, h3 E9 q/ [- R über- over, across überfahren (insep., run over)
$ S- }3 m% x/ q* Q% a; M überfahren (sep., ferry across, cross over)) `( L: x4 n" t ~% L7 q
überfallen (insep., attack, hold up [a bank])
) k6 r9 e9 x" n" L/ F: J& F8 Z übersetzen (insep., translate)
& Y$ `1 \& ~5 y- k. D übersetzen (sep., ferry across). g+ F6 }7 @4 G0 ?2 P% V4 H
überwinden (insep., overcome)
V+ M4 a( L7 [, o$ f um- around umarmen (insep., embrace, hug)
]3 m4 q: t$ m1 L! b umbauen (sep., renovate, convert)
( ~) A9 B& n* c4 X7 p/ I! A umbauen (insep., enclose, surround)- T0 M" Q& U) [7 w# M. O$ S/ T
umbinden (sep., tie on). Z! v. o8 K8 o0 ?: C. g1 f
umkehren (sep., turn back, turn inside out): j' P) v6 f, R8 C( x) ?
umschreiben (sep., rewrite, transcribe)8 z4 B. v4 M) b0 d+ c7 ]" n
umschreiben (insep., paraphrase, outline; skate around [fig.])
7 e0 P2 ^/ M; P" E# v/ F/ u umziehen (sep., move [to new residence], change [clothes])
1 B) s8 q, @" H) t# Q7 ] unter- down unterbrechen (insep., interrupt, disconnect)
% G2 b( ]" F) ?; i unterbringen (sep., accomodate)- X9 I* d6 T& ~* Z3 C6 f* n
unterdrücken (insep., oppress, repress, suppress)! I! h$ ?$ g/ @ i$ H
untergehen (sep., sink, perish)
! a6 _; |7 `) l) T% u unternehmen (insep., do, undertake)
7 N: x7 i3 G9 ^/ m unterwerfen (insep., conquer, subjugate)
$ C2 w1 [# c, @/ ~ unterzeichnen (insep., sign [a document])3 a7 o8 u1 l4 S7 m3 S- Y' p
wider- against, re- widerklingen (sep., resound)
( f+ E% p8 u. W o widerlegen (insep., refute, disprove)
* H8 N/ x$ B% Z( q2 k; W widerraten (insep., advise/counsel against)
1 c- i$ X" f r. N6 n' M( f5 r widersprechen (insep., contradict)7 s# K4 e9 o* Z2 Y6 r9 w
widert?nen (sep., echo)4 U5 l3 `9 ^" C8 I, ~
wieder- again wiedergeben (insep., restore, give back; recite, perform; represent, reproduce, convey)
/ n6 {1 _8 N6 S! S6 _6 @ wiederkehren (sep., return, repeat, recur)
% f* x4 T/ \8 e9 ?& R1 y wiedersehen (sep., see/meet again) Q t8 h2 a# p' U. p
Note: All of the dual verb prefixes are stressed when separable, unstressed when inseparable: übersetzen (ferry across) vs. übersetzen (translate). |