verwerfen
German (Berlin)
/fɛɐ̯ˈvɛrfən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- To discard, reject, scrap
- To condemn
- To abolish
Etymology
Prefix from German werfen (throw, cast).
Origin
German (Berlin)
werfen
Gloss
throw, cast
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forwerp English
- warp English
- Flammenwerfer German
- Hammerwerfen German
- Speerwerfer German
- Verwerfung German
- abwerfen German
- aufwerfen German
- auswerfen German
- bewerfen German
- einwerfen German
- entwerfen German
- hinauswerfen German
- hinterherwerfen German
- hinwerfen German
- niederwerfen German
- umwerfen German
- unterwerfen German
- verwerflich German
- vorwerfen German
- wegwerfen German
- werfen German
- zerwerfen German
- zuwerfen German
- *werpaną Proto-Germanic
- förkasta Swedish
- förkastlig Swedish
- kasta Swedish
- forwerpen Middle English
- verfe Danish
- wërfen Middle High German
- forkasta Old Swedish