verb
to throw, to toss, to hurl
B1
To throw, toss or hurl; physical act of sending something through the air. Strong (irregular) verb: present vowel change e→i (du wirfst, er wirft), past stem warf, participle geworfen. Uses auxiliary haben for perfekt. Non‑reflexive and not separable. Common in sports and everyday idioms.
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Er warf den Stein ins Wasser.
He threw the stone into the water.
Der Arbeiter warf die defekte Maschine weg, weil sie eine Gefahr darstellte.
The worker threw away the defective machine because it posed a danger.
Du hast das Paket geworfen.
You threw the package.
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imagine throwing a ball far with an explosive 'werf!' motion
sounds like 'wharf' (where things can be thrown?) — think 'werf-' ~ English 'wharf/throw' association
VOCABULARY.DETAILS.NOTES
Werfen is a strong irregular verb with a vowel change in the present (du wirfst, er wirft) and an irregular simple past (ich warf). It uses 'haben' as auxiliary.