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Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw, to cast”).
Verb
werfan
- to (transitive) throw
- to (transitive) tear
Conjugation
Conjugation of werfan (strong class 3)
Derived terms
- abafirwerfan (“to throw away, throw the rider”)
- anafirwerfan (“to throw away, throw in”)
- anawerfan (“to throw, send, aim”)
- biwerfan (“to cover, stuff, stone”)
- danawerfan (“drive away”)
- duruhwerfan (“to throw through”)
- firwerfan (“to throw away, despise , remove, throw out”)
- forawerfan (“throw forward”)
- furiwerfan
- gaganwerfan (“to thrust, throw against”)
- giwerfan (“to throw, push, bring forth”)
- hinawerfan (“to throw away, reject”)
- ingaganwerfan (“to throw against”)
- intwerfan (“to dissolve, lose courage”)
- inwerfan (“to throw in”)
- irwerfan (“to remove, reject, disprove”)
- mitiwerfan (“to throw with”)
- nidarfirwerfan (“to throw down”)
- nidarwerfan (“to throw down”)
- ubarwerfan (“to throw over”)
- untarwerfan (“to subject”)
- widarwerfan (“to throw out, reject, place”)
- zisamanegiwerfan (“to put together”)
- zisamanewerfan (“to throw together”)
- ziwerfan (“to disperse, destroy”)
- zuowerfan (“to add”)
- ūfwerfan (“to throw up”)
- ūzfirwerfan (“to throw out”)
- ūzirwerfan (“to throw out”)
- ūzwerfan (“to throw out, drive, send, tear”)
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