Infinitives (etc) + Prefixes Flashcards
to go, to drive
- > to start/go for, to leave
- > to go out
- > to continue/proceed [a journey in a vehicle?]
- > to go/drive back
- > to go away
fahren
- > abfahren
- > ausfahren
- > fortfahren
- > zurüchfahren
- > wegfahren
to go, to walk
- > to exit
- > to go out, to date
- > to go/walk away
- > to go/get/jump off
- > to switch over [as in channels?]
- > to go away
- > to go back, to decline, to decrease
gehen
- > abgehen
- > ausgehen
- > fortgehen
- > losgehen
- > übergehen
- > weggehen
- > zurückgehen
election(s)
-> to pick, to choose, to (s)elect
Wahl (~en) (die)
-> auswählen
to know, to be acquainted
-> to recognise
kennen
-> erkennen
to look for
- > to choose
- > to visit
- > to try
suchen
- > aussuchen
- > besuchen
- > versuchen
to look
- > to look at, inspect
- > to look like (eg., as in to look good/happy etc) (NB: “gut aussehen” is to look well or be physically attractive)
sehen
- > ansehen
- > aussehen (gut/glücklich aussehen)
to love
-> to fall in love (with somebody)
lieben
-> sich in jemand verlieben
to hear/listen to
- > to monitor/bug/wire-tap [inc listening through a stethoscope]
- > to quit/leave/stop
hören & zuhören
- > abhören
- > aufhören
to make/do {something}
- > to switch {something} on
- > to open {something}
machen
- > anmachen
- > aufmachen
to buy/purchase
-> to do the shopping
kaufen
-> einkaufen
to sleep
-> to go to sleep OR to fall asleep
schlafen
-> einschlafen
to do
-> to hurt/ache
tun
-> wehtun
to write
- > to wrap the/note down
- > to write a sick-note
schreiben
- > aufschreiben
- > krankschreiben
to catch/net/bag
- > to resist
- > to start
fangen
- > abfangen
- > anfangen
to shout/cry/call
-> to call on the telephone
rufen
-> anrufen
to stand/stop
- > to stick out
- > to get up
- > to understand
stehen
- > abstehen
- > aufstehen
- > verstehen
to keep watch
-> to wake up
wachen
-> aufwachen
to get/fetch
-> to collect/call for something
holen
-> abholen
to hold/keep
-> to lift
halten
-> hochhalten
to take
-> to lift the (telephone) receiver
nehmen
-> den Hörer abnehmen
to come
- > to manage [in the sense of to cope]
- > to receive/get
- > to come around [eg. to someone’s house] OR to drop in
kommen
- > auskommen
- > bekommen
- > vorbeikommen
to put/stand
-> to notice
stellen
-> feststellen
to shout
-> to shout at
schreien
-> anschreien
to rise/increase
- > to exit, get off/out
- > to climb
steigen
- > aussteigen
- > ersteigen
