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Clothing-Related Verbs
And now getting into verbs here are some of the verbs, an also some of these are Separable-Prefix 
Verbs, like aussehen, anprobieren, and anhaben. But we will study those in more detail later. Also we 
will be learning about tragen.

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To look "Aussehen"
He looks "Er sieht aus"
To try on "Anprobieren"
He tries on "Er probiert an"
To put on "Anziehen"
He puts on "Er zieht an"
To take "Nehmen"
To buy "Kaufen"
To have on/wear "Anhaben" or "tragen"
He has on/wears "Er hat an"
Separable Prefix Verbs
Many German verbs change their meaning by adding prefixs, which are often preposition such as 
ab-, 
an-, auf-, aus-, bei-, ein-, mit-, vor-,
or 
zu-
.The verbs 
anhaben
(to wear) and 
aussehen
(to look) are 
both verbs with 
separable
(
trennbar
) prefixes. That is, when used next to the subject pronoun, the 
prefix is separated from the verb and put at the end of the sentence or clause. Or, better put, In the 
present tense and imperative, the prefix is separated from the infinitive stem.
Examples:
"Ich habe einen Mantel an."
("I'm wearing a coat." Or, more literally translated, "I have a coat on.")
"Was hast du an?"
("What are you wearing?" or "What do you have on?")
However, when the separable-prefix verb is put at the end of the sentence, such as when used with a 
modal verb, the verb in question and its prefix are not separated.
Examples:
"Du willst einen Mantel anhaben."
("You want to wear a coat.")
"Willst du eine Bluse anhaben?"
("Do you want to wear a blouse?")
Tragen
Instead of 
"anhaben"
the verb 
"tragen"
is often used. The sentences from above would then be:
"Ich trage einen Mantel."
("I'm wearing a coat." )
"Was trägst du?"
("What are you wearing?")
"Du willst einen Mantel tragen."
("You want to wear a coat.")
"Willst du eine Bluse tragen?"
("Do you want to wear a blouse?")
The verb 
"tragen"
has two meanings: "to wear" and "to carry". So if someone says 
"Ich trage Schuhe" 
only the context will tell you whether the person is carrying the shoes in his hands or actually wearing 
them. Tragen is a different kind of verb, an irregular verb, not only does it change in the ending, but it 
changes in the beginning this also happens in the same way to