ziehen

/ˈtsiːən/

verb A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

past
zog
perfect
hat/ist gezogen

Meaning

  1. to pull

    Takes haben for pulling something, but sein when it means moving house — "Wir sind nach Berlin gezogen" (We moved to Berlin).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

emporziehen

ziehen is the general verb "to pull"; emporziehen specifically means to pull something UP, a more literary variant of hinaufziehen.

Practice

1 What does ziehen mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches ziehen?

See also

verbirregularcore-vocabulary

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