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werfen

werfen

German

Verb

werfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present wirft, past tense warf, past participle geworfen, past subjunctive würfe, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive or reflexive) To throw
  2. (transitive, computing, exception handling) To throw
    Der Konstruktor mit dem einen Parameter wirft in diesem Falle eine Ausnahme.
    The constructor with this one parameter throws in this case an exception.
  3. (transitive) To cast
    einen Schatten werfen ― to cast a shadow
  4. to give birth (of some animals)
    Die Sau wirft ihre Jungen.
    The sow is birthing her young.

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Luxembourgish

Verb

werfen (third-person singular present wërft, past participle geworf, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. throw

Conjugation

Irregular
infinitive werfen
participle geworf
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular werfen
2nd singular wërfs werf
3rd singular wërft
1st plural werfen
2nd plural werft werft
3rd plural werfen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German werfan, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną. Akin to Old Saxon werpan, Dutch werpen, Old English weorpan.

Verb

wërfen

  1. to throw

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