German Word Family
fahren
Learn fahren once, then see how related verbs, nouns, and compounds are built from the same root.
What to watch for
Prefixes turn one motion verb into a dozen everyday ones, and the same stem builds the whole travel vocabulary: a Fahrkarte, a Fahrplan, a Fahrer.
Prefixed verbs
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ab + fahren
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an + fahren
- einfahren Coming soon to drive in; to pull in B1
ein + fahren
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mit + fahren
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zurück + fahren
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weg + fahren
- erfahren Coming soon to find out; to experience B1 Not predictable
er + fahren
Morphologically this is fahren with er-, but the driving sense is gone: erfahren means to find out or to experience. Do not read it as a kind of driving.
Derived nouns
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fahren → die Fahrt
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fahren → der Fahrer
Compounds
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Fahr- + Karte
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Fahr- + Plan
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Fahr- + Zeug