verzögern

to slow down; to delay; to retard; to put back;

sich verzögern

to be delayed

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ver|zö|gern ptp verzögert

1. vt

to delay; (= verlangsamen) to slow down

2. vr

to be delayed

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1) (to delay or put off doing something: Stop procrastinating and do it now!) procrastinate

2) (to make slower or later: The country's economic progress was retarded by strikes; The baby's development was retarded by an accident he had shortly after birth.) retard

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ver·zö·gern *

I. vt

1. (später erfolgen lassen)

▪ etw [um etw akk] \verzögern to delay sth [by sth]

ich habe sie gebeten, ihre Ankunft um ein paar Stunden zu \verzögern I have asked them to delay their arrival by a few hours

das schlechte Wetter verzögerte den Abflug um eine Stunde bad weather delayed the flight by an hour

2. (verlangsamen) to slow down

das Spiel \verzögern to slow down the game

II. vr (später erfolgen)

▪ sich akk [um etw akk] \verzögern to be delayed [by sth]

die Abfahrt des Zuges verzögerte sich um circa fünf Minuten the departure of the train was delayed by about five minutes

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1.

transitives Verb

1) delay (um by)

2) (verlangsamen) slow down

2.

reflexives Verb be delayed (um by)

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1.

transitives Verb

1) delay (um by)

2) (verlangsamen) slow down

2.

reflexives Verb be delayed (um by)

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v.

to defer v.

to delay v.

to lag v.

to retard v.