verdrängen
Translation
to displace, to repress, to supplant, to oust
Examples
Das neue Produkt verdrängt das alte.
The new product is displacing the old one.
Er verdrängt unangenehme Erinnerungen.
He represses unpleasant memories.
Stärkere Tiere verdrängen die schwächeren.
Stronger animals oust the weaker ones.
Grammar Patterns
((sb./sth.)) ((from sth.)) to displace sb./sth. from sth. The company displaces competitors from the market.
((sth.)) to repress sth. (a memory, feeling) He tries to repress the memory.
Similar Words
ersetzen (to replace), verjagen (to chase away); Antonyms: zulassen (to allow), akzeptieren (to accept)
Etymology
From the prefix `ver-` (away, wrongly) + `drängen` (to push). Literally 'to push away'.
Memory Tips
Imagine 'pushing' (`drängen`) something 'away' (`ver-`) from its place, like a new product pushing an old one off the shelf, or pushing a bad memory out of your mind.