• ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    There’s more shenanigans with “umfahren” and “umfahren”, where Intonation matters. One means “drive around”, the other “run over”.

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      1 year ago

      Also one is a strong and one is a weak verb, meaning that in certain cases, one will be split apart:

      Ich umfahre jemanden: I drive around someone.

      Ich fahre jemanden um: I run someone over.