LIST OF TRENNBARE VERBEN

"ab-"
• absagen [cancel]
• abschrauben [unscrew]
• absegeln [sail away]
• abbiegen [turn]

"an-"
• anleiten [guide]
• anmelden [register]
• anrufen [call]
• anfangen [start]
• anhalten [stop]
• ankommen [arrive]
• anbieten [offer]
• anpassen [adapt]
• anschließen [connect]

"auf-"
• aufheizen [heat up]
• aufhaben [wear]
• aufstehen [to stand up]

"aus-"
• aussteigen [to get off/to exit (the bus)]
• aussehen [to look/to apear] (Ex: "She looks beautiful" NOT
"She looks at a map)"

"auseinander-"
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• auseinandersetzen to deal with/to argue with]

"bei-"
• beitragen [contribute]

"dar-"
• darstellen [to represent]

"durch-"
• durchlesen [to read through]
• durchgehen [to pass through]

The particle "durch-" is sometimes not separable. For

example: durchqueren[to traverse]

"ein-"
• einsteigen [to step into/to enter (on the bus)]
• einkaufen [to go shopping]
• einschalten [to turn on]
• einladen [to invite]

It is not always separable

"entgegen-"
• entgegenstellen [to oppose]

"entlang-"
• entlangfahren [to drive along]
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"fehl-"
• fehlschlagen [to backfire]

"fest-"
• festlegen [to determine]

"her-"
• herstellen [to manufacture]

"herein-"
• hereintreten [to step in]

"los-"
• losgehen [to get going]

"mit-"
• mitmachen [to participate]

"nach-"
• nacharbeiten [to rework]

"über-"
• überstreifen [to shuffle on/slip over]

The particle "über" is normally not separable. For example:

überdenken [reconsider]

"um-"
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• umsteigen [change (trains)]

"unter-"
• unterlegen [to place underneath]

The particle "unter-" is sometimes not separable.

"vor-"
• vorlesen [to read aloud]
• vorsehen [to provide]

"vorbei-"
• vorbeimarschieren [to march by]

"weg-"
• wegnehmen [to take away]

"weiter-"
• weiterentwickeln [to perfect/improve]

"wieder-"
• wiedergeben [to return (something)]

It is not always separable:

wiederholen [to repeat] (not separable)

"zu-"
• zumachen [to close]

"zurück-"
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• zurückkommen [to come back]