wegwerfen

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German

Etymology

weg- +‎ werfen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛkˌvɛɐ̯fn̩/
  • Hyphenation: weg‧wer‧fen
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Verb

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  1. to throw away
    • 1912, Franz Kafka, Die Verwandlung, in: Die Weißen Blätter. Eine Monatsschrift. year 2, issue 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher (1915), page 1218:
      Aus diesem Grunde waren viele Dinge überflüssig geworden, die zwar nicht verkäuflich waren, die man aber auch nicht wegwerfen wollte.
      For this reason many things had become dispensable that, although they were not saleable, one also did not want to throw away.

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