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German
Etymology
Compare Dutch af en toe, Norwegian av og til, Swedish av och till.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ab und zu
- (idiomatic) now and then; occasionally
- Synonyms: ab und an, gelegentlich, hin und wieder, dann und wann
Further reading
- “ab und zu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- "ab und zu" in Redensarten-Index