German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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wegziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present zieht weg, past tense zog weg, past participle weggezogen, past subjunctive zöge weg, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to pull away [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and dative ‘from someone’]
  2. (intransitive) to move, to move away [with aus (+ dative) or von (+ dative) ‘from somewhere’]
    • 2016 June 14, Neue Zürcher Zeitung:
      Leere Strassen, leere Häuser: Aus Iden sind schon viele Bewohner weggezogen.
      Empty streets, empty houses: many people have already moved away from Iden.
  3. (intransitive) to migrate (of birds)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • wegziehen” in Duden online
  • wegziehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache