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Originally Posted by OctobersBlackRose
Wow, so root words get reused multiple ways? Like it happens in English but it's happens even more in German?
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...Hopefully you got the right idea from my confused explanation.
But yeah, I would say, more.
"Sprechen" - "speak"; "versprechen" - "promise"; "entsprechen" - "correspond".
"Geben" - "give"; "angeben" - "hint"; "wiedergeben" - "pass (onto somebody)".
And my favorite, currently - "führen" - "lead"; "verführen" - "seduce"; "vorführen" - "demonstrate (how something is done)".
...A whole mess. :shrug: