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ablösen

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See also: Ablösen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ablœsen, abelœsen, ablōsen, abelōsen, from Old High German abalōsen. Equivalent to ab- + lösen.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ab‧lö‧sen
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌløːzən/, [ˈʔapˌløːzn̩]

Verb

ablösen (weak, third-person singular present löst ab, past tense löste ab, past participle abgelöst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to detach, to remove, to peel off
  2. to supersede, to displace, to replace, to take over from
  3. to relieve
  4. to pay off (a debt, mortgage etc. in one lump sum)
  5. (Austria) to pay a previous owner or renter for (fixtures and fittings)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • ablösen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ablösen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ablösen” in Duden online
  • ablösen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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