vormachen

== German == === Etymology === From vor- +‎ machen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯maxn̩], [ˈfoːɐ̯maxən] Hyphenation: vor‧ma‧chen Rhymes: -axn̩ === Verb === vormachen (weak, third-person singular present macht vor, past tense machte vor, past participle vorgemacht, auxiliary haben) (colloquial) to demonstrate (how to do something) (colloquial) to fool, to deceive [with etwas or was or nichts, along with dative ‘someone’] ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “vormachen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “vormachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “vormachen” in Duden online “vormachen” in OpenThesaurus.de