vorbeiziehen
to pass by
- Past (Präteritum)
- zog vorbei
- Past participle
- vorbeigezogen (sein)
Irregular strong verb taking sein due to the motion component. It is used for objects, vehicles, or time periods moving past a stationary observer. Often used with the preposition an to indicate what is being passed. Not to be confused with the simple verb ziehen, which has different motion dynamics in the perfect tense depending on the transitive use with haben or intransitive with sein as a change of location or state.
Conjugation
Present
- zieht vorbei
- 3rd person singular present
Past
- zog vorbei
- 3rd person singular past
- vorbeizog
- variant of past tense (separable)
Participle
- vorbeigezogen
- past participle with sein
Infinitive
- vorbeiziehen
- infinitive