entfernen

Meaning

  1. (transitive,weak) to remove
  2. (reflexive,weak) to gradually move away; to recede; to retreat; to diverge
  3. (reflexive,weak) to stray; to deviate; to depart (from a group, a route, etc.)
  4. (reflexive,weak) to desert; to go absent; to leave without permission
  5. (formal,reflexive,weak) to leave a place; to remove oneself

Concepts

remove

delete

take away

withdraw

distance

eliminate

take out

expurgate

detach

abolish

abstract

dispense with

do away with

get rid of

rid

scrap

take

wipe out

dislodge

dismantle

separate

uproot

extirpate

ablate

clear

oust

put away

seize

waive

abate

abrogate

annihilate

annul

cancel

cross out

disband

drop

exterminate

liquidate

nullify

repeal

rescind

strike out

suppress

trim

void

wind up

unplug

bowdlerize

take off

demount

take something away

deinstall

set apart

ejaculate

divide

part

release

throw away

estrange

put distance between

expunge

wipe off

overcome

push aside

reject

dismount

leave something

leave alone

extract

pull out

tear off

drafting

deprive

subtract

take care of

evacuate

expel

disembarrass

disembroil

erase

amputate

banish

draw

put aside

strip

move

put

shift

stir

transfer

drive away

drive off

eject

evict

fight off

repel

send away

shoo

throw out

turn away

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ent‧fer‧nen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛntˈfɛrnən/
Etymology

From Middle High German entverren. Analysable as ent- + fern + -en.

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