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abwerfen

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German

Etymology

ab- + werfen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔapvɛɐ̯fɱ̩], [ˈʔapvɛʁfɱ̩], [ˈʔapvɛɐ̯fən], [ˈʔapvɛʁfən]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ab‧wer‧fen

Verb

abwerfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wirft ab, past tense warf ab, past participle abgeworfen, past subjunctive würfe ab, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to throw down, to let fall, drop (from a height)
  2. (transitive) to throw off (e.g. a yoke, a rider)
  3. (transitive) to shed (leaves, antlers etc.)
  4. (transitive, sports) to hit with the ball
  5. (soccer, of goalkeeper) to throw (the ball)
  6. to discard (a playing card)
  7. (transitive, sports) to knock down, knock off (e.g. a bar in the high jump)
  8. (transitive, finance) to get money from

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • abwerfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abwerfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • abwerfen” in Duden online
  • abwerfen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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