See also: Verdrängen

German edit

Etymology edit

ver- +‎ drängen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈdʁɛŋən/
  • (file)

Verb edit

verdrängen (weak, third-person singular present verdrängt, past tense verdrängte, past participle verdrängt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to displace
    Luft verdrängento displace air
  2. (transitive) to replace, supersede, oust
    vom Markt verdrängento force out of the market
  3. (transitive) to repress, suppress
    Erinnerungen verdrängento suppress memories
    • 1999, “Die neue Seltsamkeit”, in K.O.O.K, performed by Tocotronic:
      Doch man habe natürlich wenn man ehrlich sei / Damals all das verdrängt was man heute begreift
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit