1. to adjust, to adapt, to modify (so it fits) (It ALWAYS needs a direct object. So you either "anpassen" something or someone or yourself (sich anpassen). The case after "an" is Accusative.)
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We'll take a thorough look at the meaning of "passen", how to use it and its various cool prefix versions and pass by "passieren". A vocabulary turbo boost :)
Vocab:
passen, reinpassen, raufpassen, anpassen, die Anpassung, aufpassen, passieren
Word Family
Root: *pete-
The original sense of the root was:
spreading, expanding
The most influential branch is probably the one around “pass” which is based on the idea of extending your leg to make a step. But there are other offspring as well.
Here’s an overview over the various English members of that family:
- pass (Originally: “taking a step”, also to take a measure, so there’s a sense of the “expanse” in it)
- passage, passenger, passport
- expand, expansive (The root combined with the “ex”-prefix which here expresses “outward”)
- patent (Originally: “lying open” for an “open letter”)
- fathom (Originally a measure done by stretching out the arms, then shifted toward embracing, grasping)
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