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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agoThere’s more shenanigans with “umfahren” and “umfahren”, where Intonation matters. One means “drive around”, the other “run over”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•2 years agoAlso 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.
There’s more shenanigans with “umfahren” and “umfahren”, where Intonation matters. One means “drive around”, the other “run over”.
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.