abessen

abessen

See also: Abessen

German

Etymology

    ab- +‎ essen

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈapˌʔɛsn̩]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: ab‧es‧sen

    Verb

    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’]

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    • Abessen

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