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abessen

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German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ essen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈapˌʔɛsn̩]
  • Hyphenation: ab‧es‧sen

Verb

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abessen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present isst ab, past tense aß ab, past participle abgegessen, past subjunctive äße ab, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) to finish eating, to clear the plate
  2. (intransitive, figurative, chiefly in the past participle) to be forgotten, to be no longer relevant (e.g., a topic)
  3. (transitive) to eat something off something
  4. (chiefly Austria, Bavaria, reflexive) to eat so much of something one does no longer enjoy or have an appetite for it [with an or von (+ dative) ‘of something’]

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