Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Separable Verbs 1

In German, there are some funny separable verbs. The prefixes work like a preposition. For examples:

brechen = break
einbrechen = break in

fallen = fall
einfallen = to become sunken / occur to someone

führen = lead
einführen = introduce a topic

kaufen = buy
einkaufen = shopping

leben = live
einleben = get used to

nehmen = take
einnehmen = earn

richten = judge
einrichten = furnish (apartment), arrange (furniture)

schätzen = estimate
einschätzen = evaluate

schlafen = sleep
einschlafen = fall asleep

schüchtern = (adj) timid 
einschüchtern = intimidate 

ziehen = draw
einziehen = move in


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