absetzen

From Middle High German abesetzen. Equivalent to ab- +‎ setzen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapsɛtsən/

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• Hyphenation: ab‧set‧zen

absetzen (weak, third-person singular present setzt ab, past tense setzte ab, past participle abgesetzt, auxiliary haben)

1. to set down
2. to drop off
3. (to remove a monarch from power) to depose, dethrone

   Synonym: entthronen

4. (from tax) to deduct
5. (medication) to discontinue, to get off
6. (business) to sell (in large number)
7. (of a colour, a design etc) to make (something) stand out
8. (reflexive) to break away
9. (reflexive, of dust, sediment etc.) to collect; to be deposited
10. (reflexive, often of criminal) to escape; to abscond; to take refuge; to clear off

    Er hat sich nach Brasilien abgesetzt

    He escaped to Brazil

11. (agriculture) to wean; to separate (a calf from its mother)
12. (of a horse) to throw (its rider)
13. (reflexive, military) to retreat; to withdraw
14. (nautical) to push off

• Absetzer, Absetzung

• Absetzen
• absetzend, abgesetzt

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