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abschaben

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German abeschaben, from Old High German abaskaban. Equivalent to ab- +‎ schaben.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌʃaːbn̩/
  • Hyphenation: ab‧scha‧ben

Verb

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abschaben (weak, third-person singular present schabt ab, past tense schabte ab, past participle abgeschabt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to scrape off something, to abrade, to scrape clean

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • abschaben” in Duden online
  • abschaben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abschaben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon