abfangen

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German

Etymology

ab- +‎ fangen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔapfaŋən/
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧fan‧gen

Verb

abfangen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fängt ab, past tense fing ab, past participle abgefangen, auxiliary haben)

  1. to intercept
  2. to pull up
  3. to pull an aircraft out of a dive

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References

  • Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 49

Further reading

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