GrammarA1· Unterwegs

Trennbare Verben

Separable verbs

Kartoffel · your teacher

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6 parts · about 4 min

1What & when

In one line

Verb part in the verb's place, front part last. After a , no split.

Before

Ich stehe auf.

Watch the sentence change …

The time goes in the middle. auf stays at the very end.

„Ich stehe um sechs auf.“ — I get up at six.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

Some German verbs come in two pieces: a short front part and a normal verb. The front part is called the prefix. ab + fahren makes abfahren (to leave). In a sentence, the two pieces often split up. That is why they are called .

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

UnterwegsYou need them all the way from A to B. A train leaves (abfahren) or arrives (ankommen). You change trains (umsteigen), get on (einsteigen) or get off (aussteigen). At the counter you ask And every morning you say

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