abspielen

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German

Etymology

ab- +‎ spielen

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ab‧spie‧len

Verb

abspielen (weak, third-person singular present spielt ab, past tense spielte ab, past participle abgespielt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to play (a tape, a movie, an audio or video file etc.); to replay
    Synonym: wiedergeben
    Dieses Gerät kann auch Videodateien abspielen.This device can also play video files.
  2. (sports) to pass, to play off
    Synonym: abgeben
    Er war gezwungen, den Ball abzuspielen.He was forced to pass the ball.
  3. (reflexive) to happen, to go like (of a story, occurrence, event)
    Synonyms: ablaufen, ereignen, geschehen, passieren, zutragen
    Heute spielt sich hier nichts mehr ab.Nothing is going to happen here today.
    Tatsächlich hat es sich eher so abgespielt:Instead, the story went more like this:

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Further reading

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