Verb

weiter|ziehen

to move on, to travel on, to move away

Nach dem Winter ziehen die Vögel weiter.

After the winter, the birds move on.

Sie sind in eine andere Stadt weitergezogen.

They have moved on to another city.

Die Wolken ziehen am Himmel weiter.

The clouds are moving on in the sky.

((to sth.)) to move on to sth. The nomads moved on to the next oasis.

umziehen (to move house), wegziehen (to move away), fortziehen (to move away)

From 'weiter' (further, onward) and 'ziehen' (to pull, move). Literally 'to move further'.

Imagine a procession of people 'pulling' (ziehen) their belongings 'further' (weiter) along the road to a new place.

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