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Dictionary > weg verbs

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  • wegbringen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggebracht
    brachte weg
    1.
    to bring away
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  • wegdrücken
    (weg verb)
    hat weggedrückt
    drückte weg
    1.
    to push away
    (Sounds more literal than in English)
    2.
    to deny an incoming call
    (literally: "press away")
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  • wegfahren
    (weg verb)
    ist weggefahren
    fuhr weg
    1.
    to drive away
    2.
    to go on vacation
    (quite common phrasing in colloquial German)
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  • wegfallen
    (weg verb)
    ist weggefallen
    fiel weg
    1.
    to be dropped
    (For regulations, requirements or regularly scheduled things. NOT for cancelling one single event. That would be "ausfallen". Similar to "entfallen" but less formal sounding.)
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  • weggeben
    (weg verb)
    hat weggegeben
    gab weg
    1.
    to give away
    (The focus is on not having it anymore. It is NOT used in the context of actual give-aways.)
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  • weggehen
    (weg verb)
    ist weggegangen
    ging weg
    1.
    to go away
    (Very broad. Works for people as well as for pain or stains and many other things. )
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  • weggucken
    (weg verb)
    hat weggeguckt
    guckte weg
    1.
    to look away
    Opposite (closest): hingucken
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  • weghaben
    (weg verb)
    hat weggehabt
    hatte weg
    1.
    to have something gone
    (Pretty much only used in combination with "wollen" in the sense that you want something gone. Like a stain, for example.-)
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  • weghalten
    (weg verb)
    hat weggehalten
    hielt weg
    1.
    to hold away
    (Think of holding a dirty, stinking diaper as far away from you as you can.)
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  • wegholen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggeholt
    holte weg
    1.
    to catch
    (Colloquial verb, pretty much only used in a context of getting a disease.)
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  • weghören
    (weg verb)
    hat weggehört
    hörte weg
    1.
    to not listen
    (Like looking away, but with ears. You actively try not to hear something by "listening the other way". Takes NO object.)
    Opposite (closest): hinhören
    2.
    to consume, to binge listen
    (Colloquial term for binge-listening an album or podcast. The context is the direct object.)
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  • wegkommen
    (weg verb)
    ist weggekommen
    kam weg
    1.
    to manage to get away
    (Mainly used in the context of (not) getting stuck somewhere. Think "last ferry from the island".)
    2.
    to get lost
    (For objects only.)
    3.
    to come out/away
    (In the context of one's assigned "lot" in a situation. That can be a meeting at work as well as a movie review, where the actors get judged.)
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  • wegkriegen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggekriegt
    kriegte weg
    1.
    manage to remove
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  • weglassen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggelassen
    ließ weg
    1.
    leave out, skip
    (in the sense of "not adding to the mix")
    2.
    let leave
    (colloquial, sometimes used in the sense of someone keeping someone who actually wants to leave)
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  • weglaufen
    (weg verb)
    ist weggelaufen
    lief weg
    1.
    to run away
    (Doesn't sound as intense as "wegrennen" but it usually does mean more than walking.)
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  • weglegen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggelegt
    legte weg
    1.
    to put away
    (For objects that you "lay". Focus is on putting it away.)
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  • weglesen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggelesen
    las weg
    1.
    to binge-read
    (Very colloquial. Expresses the idea that you read something like I eat pasta... i.e. very fast and with no left overs.)
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  • wegmachen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggemacht
    machte weg
    1.
    to remove
    (generic word for the idea of removing, works for stains as well as for blankets for instance.)
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  • wegnehmen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggenommen
    nahm weg
    1.
    to take away
    (NOT for take away coffee ;))
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  • wegräumen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggeräumt
    räumte weg
    1.
    to put/to square away stuff/things
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  • wegschaffen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggeschafft
    schaffte weg
    1.
    to bring away
    (Implies some work, so some weight and some way.)
    2.
    to get done
    (For work. Colloquial and possible regional. Better to not use it.)
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  • wegschauen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggeschaut
    schaute weg
    1.
    to look away
    (Mainly used in the context of willfully ignoring something you should see. For mere "not looking", "nicht hingucken" is the better option. Like looking while your platonic friend changes clothes.)
    Opposite (closest): hinschauen
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  • wegscheuchen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggescheucht
    scheuchte weg
    1.
    to shoo away, to chase away, to scare away
    (Think chasing birds off the terrace. No real difference to "verscheuchen".)
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  • wegschicken
    (weg verb)
    hat weggeschickt
    schickte weg
    1.
    to send away
    (Mainly for people. NOT common for mail.)
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  • wegschmeißen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggeschmissen
    schmiss weg
    1.
    to throw away
    (Mostly used in the sense of garbage)
    2.
    laugh really hard
    ("sich+Acc wegschmeißen" - colloquial.)
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  • wegsehen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggesehen
    sah weg
    1.
    to look away
    (In daily life, "weggucken" or "wegschauen" are more common. "wegsehen" is primarily used in context of ignoring problems.)
    Opposite (closest): hinsehen
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  • wegsetzen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggesetzt
    setzte weg
    1.
    to (go) sit elsewhere, away from
    ("sich+Acc wegsetzen (von)" - Moving one's seat/seating spot away from where it was before. Think of a noisy group at the movies. Can also be used non-reflexively, so you can "wegsetzen" someone else, but you do need a direct object.)
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  • wegstecken
    (weg verb)
    hat weggesteckt
    steckte weg
    1.
    to put something away
    (More focus on "away" than "einstecken".)
    2.
    to cope with something
    (in a figurative sense)
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  • wegsteigen
    (weg verb)
    ist weggestiegen
    stieg weg
    1.
    to climb away
    (Technically, it can mean that, but it's not very common. And if used, then ONLY for humans. Animals "klettern". )
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  • wegstellen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggestellt
    stellte weg
    1.
    to put away
    (ONLY for objects that you really place so they're standing. Not for putting away your phone. That would be "wegtun" or "wegpacken" or "wegstecken".)
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  • wegstoßen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggestoßen
    stieß weg
    1.
    to push/shove away
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  • wegtragen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggetragen
    trug weg
    1.
    to carry away
    (ONLY in a literal sense of carrying an object away. NOT for the figurative "getting carried away"!!)
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  • wegtreten
    (weg verb)
    ist weggetreten
    trat weg
    1.
    to break ranks, to step aside
    (Mainly used in context of military for a person being dismissed and "free" to step away from the spot. Rarely used for simple stepping out of the way. The adjective "weggetreten" is a bit different.)
    2.
    to kick away
    (Like kicking away a can, for example. Not very common in that sense. Spoken past goes with "haben".)
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  • wegwerfen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggeworfen
    warf weg
    1.
    to throw away
    Opposite (closest): aufheben
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  • wegwischen
    (weg verb)
    hat weggewischt
    wischte weg
    1.
    to wipe away
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  • wegzaubern
    (weg verb)
    hat weggezaubert
    zauberte weg
    1.
    to make magically disappear
    (Mostly used in contexts where someone CAN'T make something just magically disappear.)
    Opposite (closest): herzaubern
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  • wegziehen
    (weg verb)
    ist weggezogen
    zog weg
    1.
    to move away
    (In the sense of moving apartments.)
    Opposite (closest): hinziehen (sich)
    2.
    to pull away someone or something
    (The spoken past is built with "haben".)
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