verwies

Verwies is the simple past tense form of the German verb verweisen. It is used for third-person singular subjects and means that someone referred, directed, or pointed to something or someone else in the past. The sense can be to direct someone to a source of information, a person, or a particular matter.

Usage and examples illustrate its meaning. For example: Der Lehrer verwies die Schüler auf das Glossar. (The teacher referred the students to the glossary.) In another sense: Der Bericht verwies auf einen früheren Fall. (The report pointed to a previous case.) The verb often appears with the preposition auf to indicate what is being referenced.

Grammatical notes help distinguish forms. The infinitive is verweisen; the past participle is verwiesen, used with auxiliary haben to form the perfect: Er hat auf einen Fehler verwiesen. The present tense form is verweist: Er verweist auf den Fehler. The simple past (verwies) is common in written narratives, while the perfect (hat verwiesen) is more typical in spoken German.

Related noun forms include der Verweis, meaning “reference” or “referral.” While verwies functions as a verb, Verweis as a noun captures the act of pointing to or citing something. Overall, verwies conveys directing attention or directing someone to a source in the past context, distinct from its present or past participle forms.