verrücken

Meaning

to shift; to move by pushing

Concepts

move

change

deny

displace

shift

Hyphenated as

ver‧rü‧cken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛɐˈʁʏkən/

Etymology

From Middle High German verrücken, verrucken, virrucken, verrocken, ferrücken, ferrucken, from Old High German firrucken, firrukken, from Proto-West Germanic *frarukkijan, equivalent to ver- + rücken (“to move”). Cognate with Middle Low German vörrücken (> German Low German verrücken), Dutch verrukken, Saterland Frisian ferrukke, ferrukje.