verweisen
German
Etymology
From two separate but related verbs. From Middle High German verwīzen, Old High German firwīzan, from Proto-West Germanic *frawītan, from Proto-Germanic *frawītaną and the second verb from Middle High German verwīsen, from unattested Old High German *firwīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *frawīsijan, from Proto-Germanic *frawīsijaną. By surface analysis, ver- + weisen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯zn̩/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ̯zn̩
- Homophone: verwaisen
Verb
verweisen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present verweist, past tense verwies, past participle verwiesen, auxiliary haben)
- to refer
- to relegate
- (ditransitive, accusative + genitive) to eject; to expel
- Der Spieler wurde des Platzes verwiesen.
- The player was ejected from the field.
- Der Richter ließ ihn des Saales verweisen.
- The judge had him expelled from the hall.
- jemanden des Landes verweisen
- to expel someone from the country
Usage notes
- For the ditransitive usage, the genitive may be replaced by a prepositional phrase in less formal contexts: jemanden vom Platz verweisen; jemanden aus dem Saal verweisen.
Conjugation
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