Verb
weichen
to move farther away, to make room, to yield
B2
rank #2,644
Meanings
Verb
- to move farther away, to make room, to yield
- to be replaced, to disappear [with dative ‘in favor of something’] (especially of buildings/shops and sentiments)
- to wane, to decrease
- to soften, to make more flexible or yielding
- to soften
In a sentence
In Hamburg muss ein historisches Kontorhaus einem Bürogebäude weichen.
In Hamburg, a historic trader's house will have an office building take its place.
Forms
weichenweichtwichist gewichen | weichenweichtweichtehat geweicht
takes + Akkusativ