abtun

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German

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Etymology

ab- +‎ tun

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ab‧tun

Verb

abtun (irregular, third-person singular present tut ab, past tense tat ab, past participle abgetan, past subjunctive täte ab, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dismiss, brush aside, snub
  2. to waive
  3. (Switzerland) to kill
  4. (colloquial) to take off
    die Brille abtunto take off one's glasses

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Further reading

  • abtun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abtun” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • abtun” in Duden online
  • abtun” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • “abtue”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 13, 1973, column 361