abflachen

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German

Etymology

ab- +‎ flach (flat) +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ab‧fla‧chen
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌflaχən/,

Verb

abflachen (weak, third-person singular present flacht ab, past tense flachte ab, past participle abgeflacht, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to flatten
  2. (reflexive) to flatten out
  3. (reflexive) to decrease
  4. (intransitive) to go down a level (e.g. of a conversation decreasing in volume)

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Further reading

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