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German
Etymology
From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Compare German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Ab‧fall
Noun
Abfall m (strong, genitive Abfalles or Abfalls, plural Abfälle)
- waste, garbage, rubbish, litter
- Synonym: Müll
- radioaktiver Abfall ― radioactive waste
- decrease, decline, drop
- (religion) apostasy
- Abfall vom Glauben ― apostasy from the creed
- (obsolete) shutter, lid
1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “Abfall”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 3865:
کپنک kepenk. Decipula & janua seu fenestra lignea, quae elevatur in officinis, aut tabernis ad arcendam pluviam, umbramque captandam. Abfall/Ladenfall Trappola di casa, balconata di bottega. Lápáczká/dách u kramnicy.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Descendants
- → Polish: abfal (obsolete)
Further reading
- “Abfall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Abfall” in Duden online