More Separable Prefix Verbs 2

Question 1

durchgreifen

Answer 1

to take (drastic) action, measures

Question 2

durchführen

Answer 2

to perform, carry out, conduct

Question 3

durchklingen

Answer 3

to suggest

Question 4

durchschlüpfen

Answer 4

to slip through

Question 7

umschalten

Answer 7

to switch, change over (something)

Question 8

umrechnen

Answer 8

to convert

Question 9

umwandeln

Answer 9

to convert, transform

Question 10

umverteilen

Answer 10

to redistribute, redirect (something)

Question 11

umdenken

Answer 11

to rethink

Question 12

sich (acc) umentschieden

Answer 12

to change one’s mind

Question 13

sich umtreiben

Answer 13

to bother, worry (somebody)

Question 14

(r)umschwirren

Answer 14

to buzz around

Question 17

übereinstimmen

Answer 17

übereinstimmen to correspond, accord, match, agree

Question 20

gegensteuern

Answer 20

to take countermeasures

Question 21

gegenrechnen

Answer 21

to offset, set off

Question 22

gegenbestätigen

Answer 22

to counter-confirm (ie confirm to the contrary)

Question 25

weiterführen

Answer 25

to continue, pursue, carry (something) on

Question 26

weiterspinnen

Answer 26

to develop further (thoughts, ideas)

Question 27

sich (acc) weiterentwickeln

Answer 27

to develop further, make progress

Question 28

weiterverarbeiten

Answer 28

to process

Question 29

etwas weiterlesen lassen

Answer 29

to let something go on (without interference)

Question 31

mitmischen

Answer 31

to be involved, get in on the act, muscle in

Question 32

mitsprechen

Answer 32

to have a say (Mitsprechende)

Question 33

mitwirken

Answer 33

to contribute, take/play a part, cooperate

Question 34

mitschwingen

Answer 34

to resonate

Question 35

mitunterzeichen

Answer 35

to co-sign

Question 38

zurückführen

Answer 38

to trace back

Question 39

zurückreichen

Answer 39

to reach back

Question 40

zurückrudern

Answer 40

to row back

Question 42

zusammentun

Answer 42

to combine; to group, add, lump together

Question 43

zusammenwirken

Answer 43

to act in combination

Question 44

zusammenbrauen

Answer 44

to concoct, brew

Question 45

etwas (acc) zusammenzimmern

Answer 45

to throw something together, knock something up

Question 46

sich (acc) zusammenreimen

Answer 46

to make sense

Question 51

fortschreiben

Answer 51

to update (schrieben abschreiben aufschreiben)

Question 53

wegschmeißen

Answer 53

to junk, ditch, sling away (slang)

Question 55

loswerden

Answer 55

to rid oneself (of someone/something)

Question 58

1. niederschlagen 2. sich niederschlagen

Answer 58

1. to knock down; to quell 2. to be reflected, find expression (in something); to condense

Question 60

beitragen

Answer 60

to contribute

Question 61

etwas (acc) beimessen + dat

Answer 61

to attribute, impute something to something (eg a great significance - eine große Bedeutung)

Question 63

querlesen

Answer 63

to skim, scan

Question 65

durchmachen

Answer 65

to undergo

Question 66

sich (acc) durchsetzen

Answer 66

to assert oneself, prevail, win through (NB there is also an inseparable prefix version)

Question 67

1-3. umsetzen 4. sich umsetzen

Answer 67

1. to implement 2. to relocate 3. to convert 4. to change seats

Question 68

umgehen mit (QV)

Answer 68

to deal with, treat, handle, cope with (something) (NB inseparable version means to circumvent, avoid, bypass, work around) (NB es geht um = it‘s about)

Question 69

überhandnehmen

Answer 69

to get out of hand, become rife

Question 70

1. gegenhalten 2. dagegenhalten

Answer 70

1. to resist 2. to debate, argue, put up some resistance, counteract, press against (dagegenhalten können -> You could say (that…))

Question 71

gegeneinanderhalten

Answer 71

to juxtapose

Question 72

weiterkommen

Answer 72

to make progress

Question 73

mitbekommen

Answer 73

to catch (somebody’s name); to notice, realise, understand

Question 74

mit hineinnehmen

Answer 74

to take in, bring in, include, incorporate (mit hinein is the separable part)

Question 75

zurückgehen

Answer 75

1. to go back, return 2. to decline, decrease, fall, recede

Question 76

festlegen = feststellen (sich (acc) auf etwas festlegen)

Answer 76

to determine, establish (to commit oneself to something, tie oneself down) (die Feststellung = determination, assessment; statement; observation)

Question 77

festhalten + an + dat (sich (acc) festhalten)

Answer 77

to hold, adhere to; to record (to hold on, hang on)

Question 78

festmachen

Answer 78

to attach, tie up, moor

Question 79

fortsetzen

Answer 79

to continue, extend (eg a list)

Question 80

wegfallen

Answer 80

to cease; to drop out; to become no longer necessary

Question 81

wiedergeben

Answer 81

to report (play back), reflect, reproduce, represent (falsch wiedergeben = to misrepresent)

Question 82

beibehalten

Answer 82

to maintain, retain

Question 83

malnehmen

Answer 83

to multiply

Question 84

bevorstehen

Answer 84

to be imminent, lie ahead (3rd person only) (unmittelbar bevorstehen)