Verschieben
Example: Wir müssen das Meeting auf nächste Woche verschieben.
Definition
"Verschieben" means to move or postpone an event or action to a later time or date, such as when you delay a meeting or change its scheduled time to something in the future. For example, "Wir müssen das Meeting auf nächste Woche verschieben" means we have to postpone the meeting to next week.
Etymology
The German word "verschieben" comes from the prefix "ver-" combined with "schieben," which means 'to push' or 'to shove.' So literally, "verschieben" means to push something aside or to shift it. This origin reflects its current use of moving or delaying an event or object.
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"Verschieben" appears in the Vocaplus list "German - General - (B2) - set 3", containing 112 commonly used words.
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