Liste und Übersicht der wichtigsten Verb Phrases

to break down, into, off, out, through, up

break
break down	zusammenbrechen	My car broke down yesterday.
break down	collabieren	She broke down in tears.
break into	einbrechen	Thiefs broke into the shop.
break off	abbrechen	He broke off in the middle of the sentence.
break out	ausbrechen	He broke out of Leeds prison.
break through	durchbrechen	The crowd broke through the barriers.
break up	trennen	She's broken up with her boyfriend
break up	zerbrechen, zerkleinern	Can't you help me to break up this box?

 

 

to bring about, down, in off, on, out, up

bring
bring about	verursachen	The disagreements brought down a war.
bring down	stürzen	The terrorists didn't bring down the government.
bring in	einbringen	The government is bringing in a new law.
bring off	zustande bringen	I didn't think he'd win but he brought it off.
bring on	herbeiführen	A virus brought on the illness.
bring out	aufdecken, herausbringen	The way he red the poem brought out its meaning.
bring up	aufwachsen	I was brought up in the country.

 

to catch on, up with

catch
catch on	einschlagen, sich durchsetzen	I think your new song will really catch on.
catch on	verstehen, kapieren	I explained it to him but he didn't seem to catch on.
catch up with	einholen	Hurry or you'll never catch up with the rest.
catch up with	aufarbeiten	I've got a lot of work to catch up with.

 

 

to come across, at, off, out, over, round, to, up, up against

come
come across	zufällig entdecken	I came across an interesting book.
come across	rüberkommen	He didn't come across as a serious person.
come at	losgehen auf	He came at me and hit me into the face.
come off	gelingen	Do you really thing your plan will come off?
come out	herauskommen	The roses have come out.
come over	überwältigen	The feelings came over me.
come round	besuchen	Can I come round and visit you?
come to	wieder zu sich kommen	When I came to after the operation, I couldn't talk.
come up	einschreiben	I came up to the university last year.
come up against	treffen auf	We've come up against a serious problem.

 

 

to cut across, back, down, in off, up

cut
cut across	abkürzen	We'll cut across the park to save time.
cut back	zurückfahren, reduzieren	The company cut back the production of TVs.
cut back	zurückblenden	They cut back to the beginning of the film.
cut down	stutzen	Several trees had to be cut down.
cut in	einbiegen	The car cut in very suddenly.
cut off	unterbrechen	Sorry, I have to cut off the phone call.
cut up	zerreißen	She cut up the old shirt to make cleaning rags.

 

 

to get away, down, off, on, out of, over, round to, through

get
get away	flüchten	The thief could get away.
get down	fertigmachen	The work got me down.
get off	verlassen	Ask the conductor when to get off.
get on	vorankommen	He is getting on very well in his new job.
get out of	vermeiden	I do everything to get out of the ironing.
get over	überwinden	I haven't got over the shock yet.
get round to	endlich dazu kommen	I finally got round to iron the shirt.
get through	durchkommen	I couldn't get through because the line was engaged.

 

to give away, back, in, over, out, up

give
give away	schenken	John won £2.000 and gave it all away.
give away	verraten	The author gave away no secret about his new book.
give back	zurückgeben	Give Pam her pen back.
give in	abgeben	Please give in your papers now.
give in	aufgeben	He gave in to solve the problem.
give over	übergeben	He gave over the papers.
give out	ausgeben	Children gave out presents to old people.
give up	aufhören	I have to give up smoking.

 

 

to go against, before, beyond, by, down with, in for, off, on over / through, to pieces, under, with, without

go
go against	zuwider handeln	He went against his wishes.
go before	erscheinen	He went before the court.
go beyond	überschreiten	He went beyond the expectations.
go by	sich halten an	I always go by rules.
go down with	erkranken	I hope I'm not going down with flu.
go in for	teilnehmen	Are you going in for the race?
go off	explodieren	We heard the bomb go off.
go on	passieren	What's going on?
go on	dauern	How long does this concert go on?
go over / through	studieren	The teacher went over our test papers.
go through	suchen	Go through your pocket to see if you can find it.
go to pieces	die Nerven verlieren	He went to pieces during the test.
go under	scheitern	The project went under.
go with	passen	That tie doesn't go with your shirt.
go without	verzichten	You can't go without water for long.

 

 

to let down, in, off, on, out, up, up on

let
let down	herunterlassen	He let down the curtains.
let down	enttäuschen, im Stich lassen	My computer let me down yesterday.
let in	hereinlassen	They won't let you in without a ticket
let off	abfeuern	Don't let any firework off too near the house!
let off	davonkommen lassen	The judge let him off with a warning.
let on	preisgeben	He let on about the secrets of the new car.
let out	freilassen	Don't let out the cat!
let up	aufhören	Let up beating him!
let up	nachlassen	The pain let up last night.
let up on	in Ruhe lassen	Let up on him. He's had enough!

 

 

to live on, through, up to

live
live on	ernähren von	I don't know how he manages to live on the salary.
live on	weiterleben	The legend still lives on.
live through	überleben	He's lived through two major wars.
live up to	erfüllen	The holiday fails to live up to the broshure promises.

 

 

to look after, for, in, into, out, through, up, up to

look
look after	sich kümmern	Look after the child.
look for	suchen	I'm looking for my keys.
look in	besuchen, vorbeischauen	I'm looking in next week.
look into	untersuchen	Police are looking into several burglaries in the area.
look out	Achtung!	Look out! There's a car coming.
look through	durchschauen	Look through the contract carefully.
look up	nachschlagen	I had to look the spelling up.
look up to	respektieren, aufsehen	He's always looked up to his elder brother.

 

 

to put aside, away, off, on, out, through, up, up wiht

put
put aside	beiseite legen / sparen	We've put some money aside.
put away	beiseite legen / wegräumen	Please put your toys away.
put off	aufschieben	We've put the wedding off for a month.
put off	abhalten / entmutigen	I put me off when I heard how difficult it is.
put on	anziehen	Put on your shirt!
put on	zunehmen	I put on weight in winter.
put out	auslöschen / beseitigen	Firemen managed to put the fire out.
put through	verbinden	Could you put me through to the manager, please?
put up	aufnehmen	My brother will put me up when I'm in Berlin.
put up with	tolerieren	I will not put up with that rubbish!

 

 

to set down, in, off / out, off, out, up

set
set down	(Gedanken) niederlegen	Could you set down your reasons in writing?
set in	einsetzen	The rain set in.
set off / out	Reise antreten	Don't set off the journey without me.
set off	beginnen	This has set off a chain reaction.
set off	hochgehen lassen	Don't set off the firework too near the house!
set out	aufmachen	He set out to beat the world record.
set up	etablieren	The society was set up in 1923.
set up	ausgesorgt haben	He has set up for life.
set up	niederlassen	He set himself up as a doctor.

 

 

to take after, back, in, off, on, out, over, to, up

take
take after	ähnlich sein	He takes after his father.
take back	zurückbringen	Take back the dishes.
take in	verstehen	I didn't take in the news first.
take off	ausziehen	Why don't you take your jacket off?
take off	abheben	The plane took off at noon.
take on	annehmen	I took on the new job.
take out	abheben	I took out money from the bank.
take over	übernehmen	He took over the business from his father.
take to	mögen	I really took to Spanish food while I was in Spain.
take up	weitermachen	I have to take up jogging.
take up	zulegen	I took up a new hobby.

 

 

to wear off, out, down

wear
wear off	verschwinden	The pain wear off last night.
wear out	verschleißen, abgenutzt	My shoes are worn out.
wear down	abnutzen	The tyre is worn down!