abschaffen
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ab‧schaf‧fen
- IPA(key): /ˈapˌʃafən/, [ˈʔapˌʃafn̩]
Verb
abschaffen (weak, third-person singular present schafft ab, past tense schaffte ab, past participle abgeschafft, auxiliary haben)
- to abolish, to annul, to discontinue, to get rid of
- Synonym: aufheben (only with immaterial things)
- ein Gesetz abschaffen ― to annul a law
- die Sklaverei abschaffen ― to abolish slavery
- ein Produkt abschaffen ― to discontinue a product
- sein Auto abschaffen ― to get rid of one’s car (permanently)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “abschaffen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “abschaffen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “abschaffen” in Duden online
- “abschaffen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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