German Verbs - Separable

Question 1

abblenden

Answer 1

fade out, dim [lights] — blenden (dazzle/blind)

Question 2

abdanken

Answer 2

abdicate, resign

Question 3

abkommen

Answer 3

***get away from something, estrange oneself from someone, stray from a course (unintentionally), digress from goal/subject, abandon

Question 4

abnehmen

Answer 4

***take off (attached to something or on top of it), take (sample of blood), take away (package from someone’s hands)

Question 5

abschaffen

Answer 5

abolish, get rid of — die Abschaffung (abolition)

Question 6

abziehen

Answer 6

subtract, pull out (e.g. troops), leave

Question 7

anbauen

Answer 7

grow/cultivate (agriculture)

Question 8

anbringen

Answer 8

add, fix/attach, bring

Question 9

anhängen

Answer 9

hang, make something linger while fixed at — das Anhängsel (appendage), anhängend (attached), anhänglich (devoted, clingy)

Question 10

ankommen

Answer 10

***arrive, (+auf) defend on, (+auf) be important, matter, (+gegen) stand a chance against

Question 11

anschauen

Answer 11

look at, observe

Question 12

aufbauen

Answer 12

build

Question 13

aufdrehen

Answer 13

screw/unscrew, turn on

Question 14

auffallen

Answer 14

stand out/be noticeable, (dative indirect) to notice

Question 15

aufgeben

Answer 15

***give up on/abandon, surrender (military), lose hope, send/mail

Question 16

aufkommen

Answer 16

***come into use/arise, rise up, pay for/compensate

Question 17

aufschließen

Answer 17

unlock

Question 18

ausbreiten

Answer 18

spread out

Question 19

ausfallen

Answer 19

fail/malfunction, be cancelled

Question 20

ausgehen

Answer 20

***go out, run out (money), fall out (hair - comes out without being made to do so), start (from), end/turn out (have a certain result)

Question 21

ausmachen

Answer 21

1) turn off (ausschalten, abschalten, ausstellen)
2) agree to (“make out” a commonality between people)
3) distinguish (“make out” the difference between things)
4) have effect on/make a difference
4. 1) have negative effect on/mind (dative)

rausmachen (>herausmachen - take out)

Question 22

aussehen

Answer 22

look/seem, looks good/bad (depends on intonation, “das sieht aus”), (+nach) look for,

Question 23

auswechseln

Answer 23

replace ^^^ersetzen, austauschen, erneuern

Question 24

beibringen

Answer 24

teach, break the news carefully, inflict on (e.g. wound), bring (provide as evidence)

Question 25

beikommen

Answer 25

come here, deal with

Question 26

beischlafen

Answer 26

have sex with

Question 27

beisetzen

Answer 27

bury

Question 28

beitragen

Answer 28

contribute — der Beitrag (contribution, journal article)

Question 29

beitreten

Answer 29

join (become a member of) — der Beitritt (becoming a member of)

Question 30

einatmen

Answer 30

inhale — ausatmen (exhale, draw one’s last breath)

Question 31

einberufen

Answer 31

convene, conscript — die Einberufung (military conscription)

Question 32

einbrechen

Answer 32

break into/burgle, collapse/cave in

Question 33

eindringen

Answer 33

intrude (force entry into)

Question 34

einfallen

Answer 34

(dative) occur to somebody/come to mind, (dative) remember, invade — der Einfall (idea, invasion)

Question 35

eingehen

Answer 35

1) contract/shrivel (clothing), die (plant)
2) (+auf akk) discuss/respond to something/someone
3) conclude an agreement (e.g. a contract) (“get in on”?)

der Eingang - entrance

eingehend - extensive/thorough, incoming (e.g. phonecall)

eingangs/anfangs - in the beginning

reingehen - go inside

Question 36

abgehen

Answer 36

1) come off (sticker falling off)
2) go crazy/explode (as in a great performance)
3) going on (“was geht ab” - what’s up?)
4) leave stage/scene

der Abgang - departure