Polyglot Dictionary

verfassen

/fɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
verfasst
past
verfasste
perfect
hat verfasst

Meaning

  1. to compose, to write (a document or text)

    • Sie verfasste einen langen Brief an ihre Eltern.

      She composed a long letter to her parents.

    • Er verfasste einen langen Brief an die Zeitung. Er wurde am Samstag abgedruckt.

      He wrote a long letter to the newspaper. It was printed on Saturday.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

anschreiben

Anschreiben is to write TO someone (a letter, a message); verfassen is to compose a piece of writing (an essay, a document), regardless of a recipient.

Similar in other languages

English

write

write is the English word for the same thing — both mean "to compose, to write."

Spanish

redactar

redactar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to write, to draft."

Practice

1 What does verfassen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie ___ einen langen Brief an ihre Eltern.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches verfassen?

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