Polyglot Dictionary

zurückweisen

/tsuˈʁʏkˌvaɪ̯zn̩/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
weist zurück
past
wies zurück
perfect
hat zurückgewiesen

Meaning

  1. to reject

    Built from zurück (back) + weisen (to point).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • zurück back
  • weisen to point

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

indeferir

indeferir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to reject."

Portuguese

rejeitar

rejeitar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to reject."

Practice

1 What does zurückweisen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er wies den Vorwurf ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zurückweisen?

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