German edit

Etymology edit

From vor- +‎ machen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯maxn̩], [ˈfoːɐ̯maxən]
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  • Hyphenation: vor‧ma‧chen

Verb edit

vormachen (weak, third-person singular present macht vor, past tense machte vor, past participle vorgemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to demonstrate (how to do something)
  2. (with dative object, often with etwas/was or nichts, colloquial) to fool, to deceive
    Mach dir nichts vor.
    Don't fool yourself.
    Wem machst du was vor?
    Who are you fooling?

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • vormachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • vormachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • vormachen” in Duden online
  • vormachen” in OpenThesaurus.de