absaufen

German

Etymology

ab- +‎ saufen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌzaʊ̯fən/
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧sau‧fen

Verb

absaufen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present säuft ab, past tense soff ab, past participle abgesoffen, past subjunctive söffe ab, auxiliary sein)

  1. (slang) to drown
  2. (automotive, of an engine) to flood
  3. (automotive, by extension) to stall
    Synonym: abgewürgt werden
  4. to lose altitude

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  • Michael Robert; Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 51

Further reading
  • “absaufen” in Duden online
  • “absaufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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