Verbalpräfixe - Vorsilben bei Zeitwörtern
This verb prefix guide, with a prefix chart, is part of Lesson 19 of our of free German for Beginners course. To learn more about German verbs, also see our German Verbs section .
Separable Prefixes 2
In Part 1 we listed the most common separable prefixes in German. For many other, less frequently used separable prefixes, see the chart below. While some of the separable prefixes below, such as fehl- or statt-, are used in only two or three German verbs, they often turn out to be important, useful verbs that one should know.
Verb Prefixes > Inseparable | Separable 1 | Separable 2 | Dual
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| Prefix | Meaning | Examples |
| da- | there | dableiben (stay behind) dalassen (leave there) |
| dabei- | there | dabeibleiben (stay/stick with it) dabeisitzen (sit in on) |
| daran- | on/to it | darangeben (sacrifice) daranmachen (set about it, get down to it) |
| empor- | up, upward, over | emporarbeiten (work one's way up) emporblicken (raise one's eyes up, look up) emporragen (tower, rise above/over) |
| entgegen- | against, towards | entgegenarbeiten (oppose, work against) entgegenkommen (approach, come towards) |
| entlang- | along | entlanggehen (go/walk along) entlangschrammen (scrape by) |
| fehl- | awry, wrong | fehlgehen (go astray, err) fehlschlagen (go wrong, come to nothing) |
| fest- | firm, fixed | festlaufen (run aground) festlegen (establish, fix) festsitzen (be stuck, cling) |
| gegenüber- | across from, opposite, con- | gegenüberliegen (face, be opposite) gegenüberstellen (confront, compare) |
| gleich- | equal | gleichkommen (equal, match) gleichsetzen (equate, treat as equivalent) |
| her- | from, here | herfahren (come/get here) herstellen (manufacture, produce; establish) |
| herauf- | up from, out of | heraufarbeiten (work one's way up) heraufbeschwören (evoke, give rise to) |
| heraus- | from, out of | herauskriegen (get out of, find out) herausfordern (challenge, provoke) |
| hin- | to, towards, there | hinarbeiten (work towards) hinfahren (go/drive there) |
| hinweg- | away, over | hinweggehen (disregard, pass over) hinwegkommen (dismiss, get over) |
| hinzu- | in addition | hinbekommen (get in addition) hinzufügen (add, enclose) |
| los- | away, start | losbellen (start barking) losfahren (set/drive off) |
| statt- | - - | stattfinden (take place, be held [event]) stattgeben (grant) |
| zusammen- | together, to pieces | zusammenarbeiten (co-operate, collaborate) zusammengeben (mix [ingredients]) zusammenhauen (smash to pieces) zusammenheften (staple together) zusammenkrachen (crash [down]) zusammenreißen (pull oneself together) |
| zwischen- | between | zwischenblenden (blend in; insert [film, music]) zwischenlanden (stop over [flying]) |
| NOTE: All of the separable verbs form their past participle with ge-, as in zurückgegangen (zurückgehen). | ||
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Comments: Separable Prefix Verbs
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