zuziehen

From Middle High German zuoziehen, from Old High German zuoziohan. Analysable as zu (“to; shut”) +‎ ziehen (“pull, move”).

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zuziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present zieht zu, past tense zog zu, past participle zugezogen, past subjunctive zöge zu, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to move here; to come to a place (from the perspective of those already living there)

   die zuziehenden Ausländer ― the foreigners who are coming here

2. (transitive) to draw (together); to shut by pulling

   die Vorhänge zuziehen ― to draw the curtains

3. (transitive, with reflexive dative) to sustain, contract, incur, pick up

   sich eine Verletzung zuziehen ― to sustain an injury

4. (reflexive, often impersonal) to become cloudy; to cloud over

   Es zieht sich zu. ― It’s clouding over.

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• “zuziehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “zuziehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “zuziehen” in Duden online