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verhindern: prevent — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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verhindern

prevent

to stop something from happening or stop someone/something from achieving an outcome

IPA/fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndɐn/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 87%

to stop something from happening or stop someone/something from achieving an outcome

Ein Sicherheitsgurt kann schwere Verletzungen verhindern.

Eine frühzeitige Bestellung soll verhindern, dass sich das Projekt verzögert.

Die neue Einstellung verhindert unbefugten Zugriff auf die Daten.

Unlike vermeiden ('avoid'), verhindern focuses on causing an unwanted event not to happen.

Use etwas verhindern or verhindern, dass ... for an event you want to stop from happening.

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Which structure is correct?

verhindern can take an accusative object or a dass-clause: einen Unfall verhindern; verhindern, dass etwas passiert.