verscheuchen

German

Etymology

ver- + scheuchen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔɪçən/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧scheu‧chen

Verb

verscheuchen (weak, third-person singular present verscheucht, past tense verscheuchte, past participle verscheucht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to shoo, to shoo away, to scare away, to drive away
    Synonyms: vertreiben, verjagen, wegjagen, fortjagen, vergrämen, vergrätzen
    Antonym: anlocken
    Der Hund verscheuchte die Gänse.The dog scared the geese away.

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