verfolgen

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ folgen. A calque of Latin persequor or its Romance descendants.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlɡŋ̩/, /fɛɐ̯ˈfɔlɡən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧fol‧gen

Verb

verfolgen (weak, third-person singular present verfolgt, past tense verfolgte, past participle verfolgt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to pursue, to follow, to hunt
    Wir werden von einem Monster verfolgt.
    We're being chased by a monster.
  2. to chase
  3. to persecute
  4. to trace
  5. to haunt
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 24/2010, page 88:
      Die Furcht, ein wiedervereinigtes Deutschland werde langfristig stärker seinen nationalen Interessen nachgehen und unilateral agieren – ohne Rücksicht auf den Nachbarn also –, verfolgt seither Frankreichs politische Klasse.
      The fear that a reunited Germany would pursue its national interests more strongly in the long term and act unilaterally – hence without consideration of its neighbors – haunts the political class of France since that time.

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Further reading

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