verb
to dispose (of), to throw away, to get rid of
B1
Means 'to dispose (of)', 'to throw away' or 'get rid of' waste or unwanted items. Regular weak verb; participle entsorgt, auxiliary haben. Non-reflexive and non-separable. Transitive: you entsorgen something. Common in waste-management contexts and everyday instructions about disposing materials properly.
Examples
Er will die alten Möbel entsorgen, bevor die neuen kommen.
He wants to get rid of the old furniture before the new ones arrive.
Ich entsorge die leeren Flaschen im Container.
I throw away the empty bottles in the recycling container.
Sie entsorgte den Sondermüll.
She disposed of the hazardous waste.
Details
Mnemonics
visualize carrying waste to a bin labeled 'ENTSORGEN' like a special disposal station
sounds a bit like 'and-sorting' — imagine sorting and getting rid of things
Notes
entsorgen is a transitive verb meaning to properly discard or dispose of something (often waste or hazardous material). The prefix 'ent-' here is inseparable; the verb does not separate. Uses the auxiliary 'haben' in perfect tenses.