vertreiben

A2 Verb frequency rank #4,663

What vertreiben means

Verb

to force to leave, to drive away
to pass (time)
to put on the market, to sell (especially in large quantities)
to put colors softly together

Forms

vertreiben · vertreibt · vertrieb · hat vertrieben (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

vertreiben in a sentence

Der Bauer vertrieb die Krähen von seinem Feld.

The farmer drove the crows away from his field.

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vertreiben is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #4,663 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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