verjagen

Meaning

to scare away, to chase away, to expel

Opposite of
anlocken
Frequency

C2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

schtöike

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

jaiche

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schasse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈjɒːɡən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German verjagen, from Old High German firjagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *frajagōn. Equivalent to ver- + jagen.

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