vertreiben

From Middle High German vertrīben, from Old High German firtrīban, from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban. By surface analysis, ver- +‎ treiben. Cognate with Old English fordrīfan, Old Saxon fardrīvan, English fordrive, Dutch verdrijven.

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁˈtʁaɪ̯bən/, [fɛʁˈtʁaɪ̯bm̩]

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• Hyphenation: ver‧trei‧ben
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯bən

vertreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present vertreibt, past tense vertrieb, past participle vertrieben, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to force to leave, to drive away

   Synonyms: verscheuchen, verjagen, wegjagen

2. (transitive) to pass (time)

   die Zeit vertreiben. ― to pass time.

3. (transitive, financial) to put on the market, to sell (especially in large quantities)

   Synonym: verkaufen

   Wir vertreiben viele feine Produkte in diesem Geschäft.

   We sell many fine products in this shop.

4. (transitive, art, painting) to put colors softly together

   Synonym: vermischen

• (antonym(s) of “to force to leave”): anlocken
• (antonym(s) of “to bring much of something on the market”): erwerben
• (antonym(s) of “to put colors softly together”): kontrastieren

• Vertreiben, Vertreiber, Vertreibung
• vertreibend, vertrieben
• Vertrieb

• Vertrieb, Vertriebener
• Zeitvertreib
• antreiben, forttreiben, übertreiben, wegtreiben

• “vertreiben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “vertreiben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “vertreiben” in Duden online
• “vertreiben” in OpenThesaurus.de