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Meet vertreiben

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 4 meanings

  1. (transitive) to force to leave, to drive away
  2. (transitive) to pass (time)
  3. (transitive, financial) to put on the market, to sell (especially in large quantities)
  4. (transitive, art, painting) to put colors softly together
Forms

How vertreiben changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichvertreibevertrieb
duvertreibstvertriebst
er/sie/esvertreibtvertrieb
wirvertreibenvertrieben
ihrvertreibtvertriebt
Sievertreibenvertrieben

Partizip II vertrieben · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Der Hund vertreibt die Katze.The dog drives the cat away.present, main clause
  2. 2
    Die Firma hat das Buch online vertrieben.The company sold the book online.Perfekt with haben
  3. 3
    Weil der Hund die Katze vertreibt, läuft sie weg.Because the dog is driving the cat away, it runs off.verb at the end after weil

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