wegbefördern

German

Etymology

weg (away) + befördern (to move, transport; to promote).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛk.bəˌfœʁ.dɐn/

Verb

wegbefördern (third-person singular simple present befördert weg, past tense beförderte weg, past participle wegbefördert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to move something away or out of the way
    Kurz bevor der Ball die Torlinie überquerte, konnte ihn ein Verteidiger noch wegbefördern.
    Immediately before the ball crossed the goal line, a defender managed to move it away.
  2. (transitive, informal pun) to promote someone in order to remove them from a particular position
    Da man dem Beamten nichts nachweisen konnte, wurde er wegbefördert und zum Leiter eines andern Dezernats gemacht.
    Since there was no sufficient evidence against the civil servant, he was promoted away and made the director of another department.

Conjugation

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