German grammar
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10,313 German verbs
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/ˈtsvaŋsˌ(ʔ)aɪ̯nˌvaɪ̯zən/
English meaning
to section (to subject a patient, usually a mental patient, to compulsory treatment in a clinic)
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/ˈt͡svaŋsʔɛntˌʔaɪ̯ɡnən/
English meaning
to forcefully expropriate
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/ˈt͡svaŋsʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːʁən/ · /-ʔɛɐ̯ˌneːʁən/
English meaning
to force-feed
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[ˈt͡svaŋsfɛɐ̯ˌʃtaɪ̯ɡɐn]
English meaning
to auction off forcibly (in order to repay creditors)
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/ˈtsvɛk.ɛntˌfrɛmdən/ · [ˈt͡sʋɛk.ʔɛntˌfrɛm.dn̩]
English meaning
to repurpose (use something for a purpose other than the originally intended one)
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kill two birds with one stone
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to be all thumbs, to be very clumsy
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/ˈtsvaɪ̯fəln/ · [ˈt͡sʋaɪ̯.fl̩n]
English meaning
to doubt, to be doubtful
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to graft, engraft, to branch off (insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc.)
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to do a double take
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[ˈt͡svaɪ̯taɪ̯lən]
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to split in two, to bisect, to halve
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/ˈt͡svɪkən/ · [ˈt͡svɪkŋ̩]
English meaning
to pinch
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/ˈtsviːbəln/ · [ˈt͡sʋiː.bl̩n]
English meaning
to hassle, harass, bully, torment
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/ˈtsvɪŋən/ · [ˈtsʋɪŋən]
English meaning
to force; to compel; to make (someone do something)
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/ˈtsvɪŋkərn/ · [ˈt͡sʋɪŋ.kɐn]
English meaning
to blink, wink
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[ˈt͡svɪʁbl̩n]
English meaning
to twirl, to roll something between the fingers in order to create a cusp-like structure (e.g., a beard)
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/ˈtsvɪʁnən/ · [ˈtsvɪʁnn̩]
English meaning
to twine
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to read between the lines
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[ˌt͡svɪʃn̩ ˈskʏla ˌunt kaˈʁʏpdɪs ˌzaɪ̯n]
English meaning
to be between Scylla and Charybdis
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[ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌblɛndn̩]
English meaning
to transition (i.e. between slides, scenes, etc.)
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[ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌlaːɡɐn]
English meaning
to temporarily store
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[ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌʃpaɪ̯çɐn]
English meaning
to cache
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/tsvɪtʃərn/ · [t͡sʋɪt͡ʃɐn]
English meaning
to chirp, to tweet, to chatter, to twitter (make the sound of a bird)
